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No Levy on iPods in Canada
colinemckay writes "The fight over a levy on iPods and other digital music devices ended Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear any further arguments on the matter. That means there will be no levy applied to digital audio recorders such as Apple's popular iPod and iPod Shuffle as well as other MP3 players like iRiver."
Since the link is down, here's another article.
For he today that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother.
How is $4million, split between the many record companies and artists, a substantial amount?
The $4 million was only the amount collected on non-removable memory, such as iPods.
How about DAT? minidisc? Those are digital recorders too, are there levies on those?
No to DAT, yes to minidisc.
"Anyone that has ever gotten an idea based on any of my work and done something better with it-good for you."--J.Carmack
"The CPCC are just like our RIAA, all a pack of crooks."
Who modded this "informative"? Sheesh.
The CPCC is most definitely not the equivalent of the RIAA. The CPCC primarily represents artists, while the RIAA is a trade group representing record companies. Each group has different goals.
The CPCC is a non-profit agency that was set up to distribute the money collected from the tarrif. They distribute the money to songwriters, music publishers, recording artists, and record companies. Specifically, 66% goes to songwriters/composers/publishers, 18.9% goes to performers, and 15.1% goes to record companies. This breakdown is similar to the levy collected in the US on music CD-Rs -- it's primarily for the benefit of artists, with record companies getting the small slice of the pie.
Interestingly, presently only Canadian artists are eligible to collect this money. So, while the tariff is seen by many Canadian Slashdotters as a moral and legal free ride to pirate music, it's only Bryan Adams, Anne Murray and their ilk that are getting compensated. So, you Canadians... start pirating more Rush! Leave our poor US artists alone!
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