CND proposes $21/gig levy on MP3 players

From: "Fred von Lohmann (EFF)" <fred _-at-_ eff.org>
To: No DMCA in Canada <canada-dmca-opponents (at) flora.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 13:13:54 -0800

I haven't seen this posted here yet. FYI.

Fred
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> From: "Matt Goyer" <mgoyer@fairtunes.com>
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 14:08:45 -0500
> To: <pho@onehouse.com>
> Subject: pho: CND proposes $21/gig levy on MP3 players
> 
> Here's the PDF: http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/tariffs/proposed/c09032002-b.pdf
> 
> And yes you read that right. $21CDN/gig 'in each non-removable hard
> drive incorporated into each MP3 player or into each similar device with
> an internal hard drive that is intended for use primarily to record and
> play music'. 
> 
> So a $870CDN 40gig Archos MP3 player would have $840CDN worth of tariffs
> levied upon it. Pure insanity!
> 
> What's worse is that I hear that Canadian artists aren't even receiving
> the tariffs collected on blank media (CD-R/CD-RWs).
> 
> Matt
> 
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