A campaign to raise funds for Canadian cities has been derailed by the federal government, who is demanding $47,000 in royalties for use of the "copyrighted" image of a Canadian penny and the phrase "one cent." And I thought the US Government was f*cked up.
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Royal Canadian Mint, a corporation of the federal government, has now demanded that the City of Toronto pay
$47,680 for the "[a href="vny!://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/10/05/2993087.htm"]One Cent"[/a] public education campaign. Included in this amount is a request for $10,000 for the use of the words "one cent" in the campaign website address (www.onecentnow.ca) and the campaign email address (
[email protected]), and an additional $10,000 for the use of the words "one cent" in the campaign phone number (416-ONECENT). The remaining $27,680 has been assessed against the City for the use of the image of the Canadian penny in printed materials such as pins and posters. (The Mint has come to this amount by taking the total number of materials printed divided by the approximate population of Toronto, and then using a percentage of that number to arrive at a dollar figure.)
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