Canadian iPod Tax Challenged

[Archived in Cnet Mp3 Players, Entry, Recordable Mp3 Players]

Mark Boudreau on 2004/01/15:

  „It seems that nobody is happy with the recent Canadian Copyright Boards decision to maintain the current tax on recordable media and expand it to MP3 players like the iPod and Rio according to articles on CNET and in the...“

http://www.rockandrollreport.com/the_rock_and_roll_report/2004/.../ canadian_ipod_t.html - Cached

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iPod's Tired :( iPod's Ready :)

  „If the iPod had the shape and coloured-screen characteristics of Fukasawa's phones and glowed a particular colour and shape in order to communicate information about its status i.e. if we build on the idea of the fake 'breathing' that the TiBook/iMac does when in sleep mode, and really give it some useful behavioural characteristics. If the whole thing changed colour to grey or reddy-orange when running out of power; or the screen and touchscreen-wheel glowed a healthy green or white, to indicate that it had plenty of battery-life.“

Found at a page of Dan Hill, posted on 2002/11/05

http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/2002/11/ ipods_tired_ipo.html - Cached

Can you do that?

  „There's this bit of mythology that Canadians love to talk about, in which the adornment of travelling gear with a Canadian flag creates a talisman that guarantees good will abroad. There is some truth in this belief, and there is truth in the belief that shrewd American travellers will fix Canadian flags to their gear to fend off the ill will that much of the world has for them, especially these days. One American traveller has taken a different, more direct approach to confronting potential hostility, and tries to show the world that not all Americans support the bellicose administration they live under.“

Found at a page of Todd, posted on 2004/01/17

http://holycola.net/archives/ cat_happy.html#000362 - Cached

[MiniDisc Players...] - HowardForums

  „i have a mz-r909 that i used almost everyday when i first got it, but since it's not computer compatible like the new ones are they are quite inconvient, ever since i got my iPod it's been sitting on my desk lookin pretty but collecting dust, the only thing i use it for is to record live concerts.“

http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/ 165411-1.html - Cached

Canada slaps levy on iPods, other music players

  „Market research firm Jupiter Research announced that it expects MP3 player shipments to continue to grow almost 50 percent per year for the next 3 years, with this year's shipments to top out around 3.5 million. The company said that demand for hard drive-based MP3 players like the iPod will outstrip demand for lower capacity flash memory-based models beginning next year. 2006 is the year that Jupiter Research said MP3 players will establish "a critical mass of users that will help spur digital music sales." The comments come as part of a new report entitled "Portable Music Device Forecast, 2002 - 2008."“

http://www.stargeek.com/item/41308.html - Cached

Canadian 'MP3 Player' Tax

  „Devices like Dell's DJ, Apple's iPod and other MP3 devices will increase in price from $2 to $25. The move mirrors the Canadian policy of additional taxes for blank media such as cassettes, minidisks and CDs. The tariffs are collected on behalf of musicians, songwriters and other copyright holders in order to compensate them for non-commercial distribution of music.“

http://www.stargeek.com/item/41837.html - Cached

Grievance Seine River Timshell Award Dissent

  „There was no evidence tendered to suggest that the episiotomy extended the period of convalescence and recovery that would have been expected, nor was there any evidence tendered to suggest that the episiotomy in itself was the cause of the confinement in hospital. Nevertheless, the majority have concluded that:“

http://neil.eton.ca/oldcopylevy5.html - Cached

Songs sung new and Mann on Google

  „All audio is in unrestricted MP3 format, and is compatible with all MP3 software (like WinAMP, iTunes, Windows Media Player, MusicMatch Jukebox and others), all portable MP3-capable hardware (like the iPod, Archos Jukebox, Rio and others) and can be burned to CD and can be played directly on your computer.“

http://thedavidlawrenceshow.com/001913.html - Cached

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