I for one don't really care if they lift a tax on blank CD-R's. They have been doing that since cassette tapes.

But then they should also stop whining how CD-R's kill their industry. I'm not syaing they actually are making a profit from this tax (if they're lucky they break even), but I do know that the loss of income for the music industry has probably to do a lot more with the tragedy of 9/11 and the following worldwide economical downwards spiral than copying does. Cd's and music are still luxury products (they should know because they tax them like it) and in times of economical recession, luxury items are the first things that people stop from buying.
Anybody with half a brain will tell you that. Too bad that even those with half a brain are considered too smart to be working for the recording industry.