| Other Canadian Digital News: Digital Media Levies make a comeback | |
Canadian music industry representatives are re-opening an old debate about MP3 players that could see the average price of the devices climb by as much as $75.
-Canadian Press/Globe & Mail
Wow that sounds good!
Why is this needed?
David Basskin, a member of the CCPC’s board of directors, said it’s time artists be compensated for the copying of their files onto the digital devices.
Wow again!
I guess the CPCC has different figures than those available to the rest of the world because according to one report [figure below] WELL OVER HALF OF ALL MUSIC on mp3 players was music paid for either via buying a Cd and ripping it or via a paid download.
Michael Geist has this covered in more detail [taking two posts] over on his blog.
CPCC Goes For Broke, Part One
CPCC Goes For Broke, Part Two
This is the same levy the Supreme Court previously quashed an appeal on from the CPCC in 2005.
If there’s anything we can take from this kids it’s to remember never give up on your dreams [even if they make no sense at all and will piss off anyone anyhow connected to what your dream is].
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