The Canadian gov't is looking to raising the digital media tax:
<i>The suggested rates are as follows:
- $0.60 for each blank audiocassette (1/8th inch) that is over 40 minutes
- $0.59 per blank CD/CDRW or any other blank CD consisting of more than 100MB of storage.
- $1.23 for each CDR-Audio, CDRW-Audio or Minidisc.
- $0.008 per MB of removable storage, be it CompactFlash, SmartMedia, SSC, IBM MicroDrives.
- $2.27 per DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM or any other type of recordable DVD.
- $0.021 per MB of non-removable storage in any hardware MP3 player or similar device
- $21 per GB of non-removable Hard Drive storage in an MP3 or device primarily intended for music.
These taxes will be collected when the devices / blanks are imported into Canada. What's that mean to you? Next time you go out and buy a spindle of blank CDR's (which I do, for work, for legit purposes -- it's better than tape backups) you should be prepared to cough up an additional 29.50, plus provincial and federal taxes for the product. Say you buy a 20Gig Creative Nomad MP3 player? Tack on a whopping $420 + tax. It is going to damn near double the price! All of it going to the recording industry.</i>
<A HREF="http://music.tinfoil.net/article.php?sid=412&mode=thread&order=0" target="_new">Link.</A>
<A HREF="http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/tariffs/proposed/c09032002-b.pdf" target="_new">Link to gov't doc.</A>
<i>It is not illegal until you get caught! </i>
<i>The suggested rates are as follows:
- $0.60 for each blank audiocassette (1/8th inch) that is over 40 minutes
- $0.59 per blank CD/CDRW or any other blank CD consisting of more than 100MB of storage.
- $1.23 for each CDR-Audio, CDRW-Audio or Minidisc.
- $0.008 per MB of removable storage, be it CompactFlash, SmartMedia, SSC, IBM MicroDrives.
- $2.27 per DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM or any other type of recordable DVD.
- $0.021 per MB of non-removable storage in any hardware MP3 player or similar device
- $21 per GB of non-removable Hard Drive storage in an MP3 or device primarily intended for music.
These taxes will be collected when the devices / blanks are imported into Canada. What's that mean to you? Next time you go out and buy a spindle of blank CDR's (which I do, for work, for legit purposes -- it's better than tape backups) you should be prepared to cough up an additional 29.50, plus provincial and federal taxes for the product. Say you buy a 20Gig Creative Nomad MP3 player? Tack on a whopping $420 + tax. It is going to damn near double the price! All of it going to the recording industry.</i>
<A HREF="http://music.tinfoil.net/article.php?sid=412&mode=thread&order=0" target="_new">Link.</A>
<A HREF="http://www.cb-cda.gc.ca/tariffs/proposed/c09032002-b.pdf" target="_new">Link to gov't doc.</A>
<i>It is not illegal until you get caught! </i>