The Canadian Copyright Board has sided with the music industry that a tax should be levied of $5 Canadaflag_2Canadian ($4.79US) on each portable music player or recorder with less than 1GB of memory, $25CN for each device with 1GB to 10 GB. $50CN for 10GB to 30GB and $75 CN for each recorder with more than 30GB of memory. Seems draconian; but then again the Canadian government actually supports the arts.

– Hypebot

Canada One Step Closer To Adding The ‘You’re A Criminal Tax’ To iPods – TechDirt

Copyright Board of Canada gives thumbs-up to “iPod tax” – Ars Technica