From Slashdot:
A new Canadian levy will be introduced in 2003 on all recordable media. The magnitude of these tariffs is staggering: $1.23 for all CD-RW's, $2.27 on all DVD-R's, and get this: $21 for each gigabyte of storage on portable MP3 players. That's an extra 160 dollars for a Nomad." Like in the U.S., this tax is collected and given directly to the record industry, a governmental subsidy for no apparent societal benefit.
$1.23 more for a CD-RW? daaamn. DVD-R's were never that cheap to begin with so that $2.27 isn't that bad.
I don't know what that dude is talking about with his $160, unless I'm the only one who hasn't seen the 8 Gigabyte Nomad.
A new Canadian levy will be introduced in 2003 on all recordable media. The magnitude of these tariffs is staggering: $1.23 for all CD-RW's, $2.27 on all DVD-R's, and get this: $21 for each gigabyte of storage on portable MP3 players. That's an extra 160 dollars for a Nomad." Like in the U.S., this tax is collected and given directly to the record industry, a governmental subsidy for no apparent societal benefit.
$1.23 more for a CD-RW? daaamn. DVD-R's were never that cheap to begin with so that $2.27 isn't that bad.
I don't know what that dude is talking about with his $160, unless I'm the only one who hasn't seen the 8 Gigabyte Nomad.
