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Canada's Copyright Cops Give Go-Ahead For iPod Tax
An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist reports that the Canada's Copyright Board has given the go-ahead for a new copyright tax on iPods, despite an earlier court decision blocking the fee. The Board apparently ruled that not including iPods would make criminals of millions of Canadians and that the levy could conceivably be applied to cellphones and personal computers. 'If we're going to make P2P legal through a levy system, the system must (1) address both downloading and uploading; (2) consider addressing non-commercial use of content; (3) cover audio and video; and (4) more closely link the copying to those paying the levy. The government has yet to play its hand on this issue, but with the prospect of an unpopular levy and mounting pressure for a Canadian fair use provision, it will have to take a stand sometime soon.'"
Is that this doesn't affect all media players. Sadly, I'd rather iPod users get shafted than all of us. I don't want to have to import my next media player.
If this spreads crazily to like DVD players, CD players, PCs, etc. that's freaking bullshit. Who says I'm playing MP3s on my PC? Shouldn't I be working/slashdotting?
Is there a difference?
From the point of view of (some) American colonists, it was an act of rebellion. To the British rulers, however, it was clearly an act of terrorism. It all depends on your point of view. I suppose I'm a bit biased though, because of that whole tarring and feathering the people who didn't agree with you bit.
You've got that moron from Tasmania and the One nation party - not much room to speak, really. You also banned guns and, when that led to an increase of sword attacks, considered banning those.
"We returned the General to El Salvador, or maybe Guatemala, it's difficult to tell from 10,000 feet"