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HMV Canada Cuts Music CD Prices

Posted by kdawson on from the signs-of-sanity dept.

umStefa notes a CBC story reporting that the largest music retailer in Canada, HMV, has slashed prices on CDs and is attributing the move to demand by customers for lower prices. The back catalog of popular artists will see price cuts of up to 33%; the cuts average 20% across the board. The Canadian version of the RIAA is spinning the news as being a direct result of music piracy.

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  1. No Piracy by whisper_jeff · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Canadian version of the RIAA is spinning the news as being a direct result of music piracy.

    They can spin it however they want, but it's legal for Canadians to download music. It's part of the reason behind the tarifs we pay on storage media (as much as $25 on an iPod, for example). I'm paying for my right to download music, thank you. Now be sure to give my money to the artists and not line your own damn pockets.

    1. Re:No Piracy by kebes · · Score: 5, Informative

      It's part of the reason behind the tarifs we pay on storage media (as much as $25 on an iPod, for example).
      Actually the levy on blank media stands (though it was recently reduced), but the levy on iPods was challenged and overturned. Apple has a page explaining that the levy was overturned and how to request a refund if you paid it.

      (Unfortunately, the $ millions overpaid by Canadians on the blank media levy will apparently not be refunded to consumers.)