Noticed this over at Slashdot..
./ Link: http://slashdot.org/articles/02/03/12/0243237.shtml?tid=141
I REALLY hope other countries won't be implementing this!!
A new Canadian levy will be introduced in 2003 on all recordable media (pdf). The magnitude of these tariffs is staggering: $1.23 for all CD-RW's, $2.27 on all DVD-R's, and get this: $21 for each gigabyte of storage on portable MP3 players. That's an extra 160 dollars for a Nomad." Like in the U.S., this tax is collected and given directly to the record industry, a governmental subsidy for no apparent societal benefit.
./ Link: http://slashdot.org/articles/02/03/12/0243237.shtml?tid=141
I REALLY hope other countries won't be implementing this!!