Canada Quashes Copyright Tax on MP3 Players

Rippy the Gator writes "The Globe and Mail says that consumers may soon be paying less for MP3 players because the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that special copyright levies applied to digital music players are not legal. You might want to keep those receipts if you're giving them as a Christmas Gift."

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Re:Hooray!

[ChristianCynic]

The Canadian way is to pay levys/taxes on everything so we don't have to worry about anything.

I would love to be able to not worry about taxes. How do you manage that? Is there a "don't worry about taxes" tax?

Come to think of it, there are plenty of other things that I worry about that I would like to pay taxes on here in the US, like the erosion of our civil liberties. Particularly:

1. The right to bear arms. See "Rosie O'Donnell".

2. Freedom of speech. Here in the US you can't "offend" anyone unless they're Christian or Republican. Then they're fair game. This trumps any other consideration, including race. Just look at the abuse Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, and Clarence Thomas get.

3. Freedom of religion. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof". But just TRY and freely exercise or recognize Christmas. You'll have a lawsuit slapped on you quicker than you can say "Kwanzaa". Not to mention the fact that atheism/secular humanism/"pluralism" is THE official religion of the US, at least according to the way the courts act.