iPod Fee Proposed For Canada

innocent_white_lamb writes “The Canadian Private Copying Collective is pushing for the implementation of an iPod fee in Canada to compensate them for ‘losses’ when people copy music to their digital music players. They have collected a fee from every CDR sold in Canada since 1997 and now want to extend that to digital music players. From the article: ‘Some have argued that once they buy a CD they shouldn’t have to pay again and again to listen to those songs — which they already purchased — on a

Canadian Music Lobby Proposes MP3 Player Tax To Compensate Artists

A group known as the Canadian Private Copying Collective is trying to get a law passed in Canada which would add a small tax to all MP3 and digital music players sold . Yes, that means in addition to sales tax and anything else associated with the purchase. The money collected would then be distributed to artists. In Canada, all media that can be written with audio (blank tapes, CD-Rs, etc) has an extra little tax on it. That money is collected by the CPCC and then distributed. The argument for

“We’re Are All Gadget Geeks Now”

It's no longer enough to own the latest smartphone, computer, video game console, or have your home wired with a high-speed broadband connection to feel like a cutting-edge gadget geek. America is becoming a digital nation and "we are all gadget geeks now," says The NYTimes , citing a Forrester Research study: According to the study, which surveyed 53,668 households in the United States and Canada by mail, half of all American adults are gamers. Sixty-three percent of American households ha

Scooter GPS MP3/ MP4 Player with Maps

When riding your scooter out on the roads, keep yourself company with your favorite music and a GPS device to make sure you know where you are going. These practically 2 in 1 device is a great add to your scooter that caters to maps covering the USA and Canada. The Scooter GPS MP3/ MP4 Player with Maps has a 2.8” TFT touch screen which you can easily mount on your scooter and makes use of the WIN CE .NET 5.0 system. The model of this device is shkm028agps and combines GPS Navigation/MP3/M

SHURE NAMES REP OF THE YEAR

SHURE NAMES AUDIO BIZ MICHIGAN AS REP OF THE YEAR NILES, IL — Shure Incorporated announced today that Audio Biz Michigan is the Company’s Representative of the Year for Fiscal Year 2008/2009. President Randy Stenson, Vice President Rick Brown, and Steve Meyers, Sales Representative, received the award at the recent InfoComm Show in Orlando, Florida. “We are very excited to present Audio Biz Michigan with our 2009 Rep of the Year award,” said Jim Schanz, Shure’s Director of U.S. and Canada

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