Canadians still pay a 24 cent fee (used to be higher) on each CD-R sold (not per spindle) because of a private copying levy the CRIA lobbied for. In theory the levy is paid out to musicians as compensation for the assumed music piracy that every CD-R will inevitably be used for, and the CRIA gets to pick who those musicians are. This fee doesn't apply to DVD-Rs, ironically making them a much cheaper alternative. Fortunately their multiple attempts at getting a fee for MP3 players didn't go through.
Fortunately their multiple attempts at getting a fee for MP3 players didn't go through.
Yes and no: a 5% tariff on MP3 players is currently in place, to be effective as of 2015. Luckily the exception is pretty large; if the MP3 player can be connected to a computer, they're exempt from the tariff.
that.. is completely nonsensical? if an MP3 player can be connected to a computer it's exempt? shouldn't it be the other way around?:) (it's nonsensical for other reasons, but that's the one that caught my eye.)
Something to do with there being a tariff exemption for "devices that enhance the operation of a computer" or something like that. I don't remember the text of the exemption.
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Private Copying Levy (Score:0)
Canadians still pay a 24 cent fee (used to be higher) on each CD-R sold (not per spindle) because of a private copying levy the CRIA lobbied for. In theory the levy is paid out to musicians as compensation for the assumed music piracy that every CD-R will inevitably be used for, and the CRIA gets to pick who those musicians are. This fee doesn't apply to DVD-Rs, ironically making them a much cheaper alternative. Fortunately their multiple attempts at getting a fee for MP3 players didn't go through.
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Fortunately their multiple attempts at getting a fee for MP3 players didn't go through.
Yes and no: a 5% tariff on MP3 players is currently in place, to be effective as of 2015. Luckily the exception is pretty large; if the MP3 player can be connected to a computer, they're exempt from the tariff.
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Something to do with there being a tariff exemption for "devices that enhance the operation of a computer" or something like that. I don't remember the text of the exemption.