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iPods remain exempt from levy

July 28, 2005 › Sandy McMurray | comment

Digital music players like Apple's popular iPod will continue to be exempt from the levy that's charged on cassettes and other blank media in Canada. Here's the CP news story (via Canoe):

The fight over a levy on iPods and other digital music devices ended Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear any further arguments on the matter.

That means there will be no levy applied to digital audio recorders such as Apple's popular iPod and iPod Shuffle as well as other MP3 players like iRiver.

"Obviously we're disappointed. We felt it was self-evident that those products are sold for the purpose of copying music," said David Basskin, of the Canadian Private Copying Collective, the non-profit agency that collects tariffs on behalf of musicians and record companies.

The group had wanted the high court to overturn last year's Federal Court of Appeal decision, which quashed the levy on the popular gadgets.

read the full story here.

July 28, 2005 › Sandy McMurray | comment on this item