Canada mulls blank CDR, MP3 player tax

The Canadian government is mulling copyright levy proposals which will see a royalty charge of CAN$1.23 imposed on each blank CDR, and CAN$100 added to each MP3 player sold in the country. Lobbying for the changes is the Canadian Private Copying Collective, a representative of music companies and publishers. It is pressing for new royalty lines, bringing blank CDRs and MP3 players into line with other recording media, such as audio cassettes which already carry a levy to compensate for their use in copying music.

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