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CBC: MP3 players hit with copyright levy. The cost of MP3 players is going up after the Copyright Board of Canada slapped a levy on the sale of digital audio recorders on Friday. However, the board turned down a request from a music group called the Canadian Private Copying Collective to impose levies on blank DVDs, removable memory cards and micro hard drives. [Tomalak's Realm] This is stupid but it could have been much, much worse. The fees are not high. But it's the wrong message. Apple is creating a new market with these devices and at that exact moment we impede that market. Does this legalize the copying of music I haven't paid for onto my iPod? Chretien steps down to make way for...  < 10:28:24 AM>.Chretien steps down to make way for Martin
Au revoir Jean. Not a brilliant leader but we have lots to thank him for, particularly in the last couple of years: holding firm on the concept of the UN and international organizations and treaties, telling the US Americans to stuff it when it came to the war in Iraq, decriminalization of marijauna, gay marriage . . . France sent ChrÈtien off with a bang < 2:33:03 AM>.Mr. Chirac could have sent a farewell letter. Instead, he made an extraordinary gesture in hosting a gala farewell dinner for Mr. Chrétien, and he had the decency to invite some of Mr. Chrétien's ministers who had worked with France during his time as PM. Mr. Chirac lavished such praise on Mr. Chrétien that the Prime Minister must have blushed. It was a signal honour from the head of a country that sees its destiny as largely a European one. It was also intended, in a vague sort of way, to praise Canada for having defied the Americans. Merci Jacques Social gap between Canada, U.S. regional, pollster says Social gap between Canada, U.S. regional, pollster says < 2:30:11 AM>.Northern states share more values with provinces than with South |
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