Canada’s illegal iPod tax
The Canadian Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that Canada’s so-called "iPod tax" is illegal according to Canadian "iPod tax" illegal, judge rules. The tax that was imposed on MP3 players as a method of compensating artists for illegal file sharing still applies to recordable CD media and audio cassettes. No news yet on whether the price of iPods and other MP3 players have dropped as a result. Later.
May 18th, 2005 at 2:04 pm
“iPod Tax” to Combat Online Piracy
What an asinine idea. A new law is being considered in the Netherlands, the so-called “iPod tax”, that would be added to the cost of purchasing any digital music player. The assumption is, some music on every portable MP3 player…