That might be, but that begs the question, why? Why do we need to compensate the artists for our own private copying, for our own use? Once we buy their work, ought it not be ours to listen to, however we want?
Private use includes, if I'm not mistaken, the right to copy it to close relatives. And for that I don't think that it's unreasonable to compensate the artist.
However this is now very obsolete and the current implementation is horrendous. But the idea (back in the day) wasn't that terrible.
However this is now very obsolete and the current implementation is horrendous. But the idea (back in the day) wasn't that terrible.