Blank Media Prices Could Soar In Canada

kidlinux writes "The Canadian Coalition for Fair Digital Access (CCFDA) composed of businesses like HP, Apple, Best Buy, and Costco may consider pulling recordable media products like mp3 players, digital cameras, and associated media if a recording industry backed media levy is ratified. From the article "if the proposed levy is approved MP3 players such as Creative Labs's Nomad, RCA's Lyra, and Apple's Ipod will increase $112 or more on average". Blank CDs will go up from $50 (on which we already pay $21 in levies) to $88 dollars per pack of 100. The media levies have been getting worse and worse here. Personally, I think sales of above mentioned items will speak for themselves, however, the CCFDA's website has contacts for the Government of Canada's representatives - contact them with your objections!"

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[syrinx]

So MP3 players go up $112 Canadian... that's, what, $5 US?

Re:It's only a matter of time...

[SolarInfinity]

Or for Sharpees, because they might be used to defeat copy protection.

Re:In that case...Offtopic but...

[the_other_one]

A few years ago at a prior employer I had written a specification for an enhancement to a large financial application. It had much to do with cheque printing.

Just prior to printing multiple copies of this document for a meeting that was about to start while the printouts were still warm. I did a spell cheque on a machine that obviously had MS Word configured differently from mine

As the various copies are just about finished being passed around to the upper brass of my company and the client 's top brass; One of them asks "What are Tax Remittance Cheeses?"

At this point I was rather worried about my next payroll cheese