Oh Canada! $75 More For An Ipod?

The Canadian Private Copying Collective, which consists of composers, recording artists and record labels, is once again bringing a tax to the forefront that will raise the price of your iPod north of the United States border.

The debate is centered around artists beind properly compensated for the copying of their files onto an iPod.

David Basskin, who is on the Collective’s Board of Directors, says it shouldn’t be too difficult to have this tax passed by Parliament.

“When parliament passed the law in 1997, they could have attached a shopping list of media but they chose not to do that. They chose to let the law flex with the technology because there were none in 1997,” he said. “What the court hasn’t dealt with yet is the status of an iPod (as a whole).”

If passed, the tax could raise the price of an iPod by $75.

Could have used this when mine were wee babes

Of course, instead of people stopping to say "awwwww... what a cute baby!" They will stop and say, "awwwww... where the heck can I get one of these??"

I swear- it's almost worth having another baby just so I can get all the cool stuff they've invented since 2000!

OUCH!

(that would be my husband's objection in the form of a smack on the head)