22.10.2007 17:38 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Canada's Copyright Board slaps tax on music downloads

Filed under: Portable AudioJust a few months after it deemed it suitable to reinstate a levy on digital audio players, the Copyright Board of Canada looks set to to stir things up once again, with it now ruling that music downloads should be taxed as well. That decision comes after the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (or SOCAN) had pushed for such a levy, a position the Copyright Board appears to have sided with entirely. Under the new rules, online music stores will have to pay 3.1 cents for each individual track and 1.5 cents p

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