NDP copyright critic Charlie Angus has delivered a private member’s bill that would tax MP3 players and prolong users’ rights to make copies of digital content. If passed, the bill would add a small tax to devices that reproduce media, including MP3 players and computers. Currently, Canadians pay this tax on “blank media,” such as CDs and DVDs, with the money from the tax put in a fund for artists and record labels, meant as compensation for copying.
• NDP’s Angus unveils copyright bill [CBC] • About Charlie [Charlieangus.net] • Grevious Angels [NME]
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