Oh boy. The Canadian Copyright Board has just announced that it is bringing back the tax on blank CDs, called the "private copying levy", in 2007. The tax has created a huge distortion in the retail price of blankmedia, with as much as 70 percent of the purchase price nowheading directly to the music industry.
[hr style="width: 100%; height: 2px;"]The Canada Gazette
Vol. 140, No. 8 — February 25, 2006[!--End Publication date--][!--Begin content--] [!--This file was converted 22/02/2006 at 8:13:47 AM Version=30--]COPYRIGHT BOARD[/p]FILE: Private Copying 2007[/p][em]Statement of Proposed Levies to Be Collected on the Sale, in Canada, of Blank Audio Recording Media[/em][/p]Pursuant to subsection 83(6) of the [em]Copyright Act[/em], theCopyright Board hereby publishes the statement filed by the CanadianPrivate Copying Collective (CPCC) on February 16, 2006, with respect tothe levies it proposes to collect, effective January 1, 2007, on thesale, in Canada, of blank audio recording media.[/p]In accordance with the provisions of the same subsection, the Boardhereby gives notice that any person who wishes to object to thestatement may file written objections with the Board, at the addressindicated below, within 60 days of the publication of this notice, thatis, no later than April 26, 2006.[/p]
Full document: vny!://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060225/html/suppl1-e.html