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1. sebastien

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   03/13, 08:07pm | report spam | close reply

   Respond NOW!

   Fellow Canadians (and neighbours).
   
   Respond to the proposal and write your MP now! Let them know we don't want to fund an industry 'just because' they fail to make a profit on their own (we all know they 'lost revenue' claims are all bull, and that none of the money from these levies will go to the ones that need it)

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1. MacNN.com Reader

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   03/13, 09:48pm | report spam | close reply

   Blame Canada

   Figures a crazy idea like this would come from Canada. Tough I would have figured it to come from some liberal in the US instead, oh well.
   Fight the power

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1. MacNN.com Reader

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   03/13, 10:24pm | report spam | close reply

   uh liberal?

   why would it come from some liberal in us. other than the fact that hollywood bought our liberal politicians with $24million, it's the conservatives who time and again side with big business.

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1. MacNN.com Reader

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   03/13, 10:34pm | report spam | close reply

   let the copying commence

   so, if the tax is going to pay royalties to those with copyrights on music in canada, does that then mean that they have now been compensated for the music that's been stolen? :-)
   
   if this passes, they'll need to bring in the plastic-sniffing dogs to stop the pirate blank cd importation!

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1. pingu666

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   Public copyright hearings

   Canada to Hold Public Hearings on Digital Copyright...
   
   
   The hearings are this month!

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1. pingu666

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   Public copyright hearings

   URL did not appear above... trying again:
   
   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/02/19/1916245&mode=thread

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1. Tigerabbit

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   Conservative or Liberal…

   …is irrelevant in this issue. It's a matter of which politicians are bought by RIAA/Hollywood-types and stay that way.
   
   A $105 tax on an iPod (Canadian$ or US$) is ridiculous, yet could be a reality if certain people get their way.
   
   If this passes in Canada, I predict a VERY healthy business in bootleg US equipment begins.

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1. MacNN.com Reader

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   03/14, 01:00am | report spam | close reply

   contact MP

   I have just sent a e-mail to my MP expressing my displeasure with this. Fellow Canadian's do the same as soon as possible.

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1. Lolo from Paris

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   03/14, 03:19am | report spam | close reply

   We have already that...

   ...in France. For a year, we have been taxed on CD R, CDRW, DVDR, audio tapes :(
   
   The tax on CDR is about 80% of the price !!!
   
   And there will be (very soon) a tax on Hard Drive and memory cards. About 60 Euros tax for a 40 GB hard drive !!! :(
   
   Yes, in France, everyone is seen as a pirate even if you don't copy anything and use your CDR for backup !

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1. Zwilnik

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   03/14, 04:34am | report spam | close reply

   re: In France

   If you're in France, buy your media from the UK. We don't have a media tax (yet), and European Union free trade laws mean you shouldn't get taxed on anything you buy in the UK for use in France (otherwise that would be breaking EU trade agreements).

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1. ::snowman::

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   ...

   I'm all for our health care benefits and other such small things that help our quality of life, but paying over $700 for an iPod is crazy. The guy in France is complaining about 60EU for 40GB ... try paying $100 for only 5GB ... what if the iPod gets a 10GB drive? We have no choice but to pay $210 more ... I think THAT is the most rediculous of all the prices ... sure, maybe $1 or even $2, I may not mind, but $21/GB??? no. I have an idea, take away the GST (like they said it would be) and take away our income tax (like they said it would be back when the war ended) ... our government gets greedy and keeps these taxes going ... why stop a good thing? I'm just glad I'm in Alberta only paying 7% GST, while people in the east pay way more GST+PST ... uh. ok. I got a bit off track here.
   
   Anyhow, I think this is all c***. I remember that this was going to happen a few years ago and a friend of mine went out and stock-piled a few hundred dollars worth of blank CDs ... then it didn't last. So if this does go through, I'm sure you'll see a HUGE rise in MP3 player sales before it takes effect... mainly those with GB drives.
   
   Why don't these Canadian musicians just do what all Canadians who want to make money do ... sell out to the US ;-)