Sunday, December 14, 2003
Not surprising, but nevertheless not a good thing: Canada is going to start charging a surtax for mp3 players:
“The cost of an MP3 player will increase in Canada after the government’s copyright agency decided Friday to charge a tax of up to $19 per unit to reimburse singers and songwriters.
The new levy on MP3s will use a sliding scale depending on memory size: $1.50 for units with up to 1 gigabyte, $11.25 for 1 to 10 gigabytes, and $19 for devices of more than 10 gigabytes.”
From ashingtonpost.com – link outdated
This is a major ouch as it penalizes those who are “playing by the rules” – see the August 26 post for more of a commentary.