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	Tax
		A tax is an involuntary fee paid by individuals or businesses to an public administration[?], to support the operation of that government, or to otherwise achieve government goals (also called fiscal policy).
		A carbon tax is a tax on the consumption of carbon-based non-renewable fuels, such as petrol, diesel-fuel, jet fuels and natural gas.
		A blank media tax is a tax on recordable media such as CD-Rs.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ex/Excise_tax.html (1317 words)

	Blank media tax
		A blank media tax (or blank media levy) is a government-mandated scheme in which a special tax (additional to any general sales tax) is levied on recordable media[?].
		Such taxes are levied in various counties and the income is typically allocated to the developers of "content".
		Such a tax may be linked to a corresponding relaxation of copyright law, by permitting the recording of copyrighted works on media for which the tax has been paid.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bl/Blank_media_tax.html (464 words)

	Private copying levy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Such taxes are in place in various countries and the income is typically allocated to the developers of "content".
		A blank media levy was introduced in Canada in 1997, by the addition of Part VIII, "Private Copying", to the Canadian Copyright Act.
		The levy is paid by importers and manufacturers of such media sold within Canada (and typically passed on to the retailer, and passed on to the purchaser).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blank_media_tax (1176 words)

	THETAXGLOSSARY.COM: Taxation in Canada - Income Taxes
		A blank media tax is a government-mandated scheme in which a special tax or levy is charged on purchases of recordable media...
		Income taxes in Canada constitute the majority of the annual revenues of the Government of Canada.
		Their values are contained on line 300 of either the document "Schedule 1 - Federal Tax", or "General Income Tax and Benefit Guide", of each year by year General Income Tax and Benefit Package listed.
	www.thetaxglossary.com /canada/itc.html (334 words)

	Wired News: Tariff on Blank CDs? Blame Canada
		Canadians may soon be smuggling blank CDs across the border in an effort to avoid the high taxes that have been proposed for any recordable media that can be used to store music.
		The tax, called the Private Copying Tariff and backed by the Copyright Board of Canada, is intended to compensate musicians for income lost when consumers copy music onto digital storage media.
		The proposed tax would be collected from the products' manufacturers, but industry groups said they believe the costs would be passed to consumers and would result in higher prices for all digital storage media and devices.
	www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,50995,00.html (751 words)

	CBC.CA - The National
		The taxpayer gets benefits from the programs and goal the tax is meant to support, and moreover, it is a legitimate policy initiative taken by the government and they have the power and right to tax you and other Canadians to pay for it.
		Even though the blank CD I use for data storage will not be used for music recording I will still have to pay the levy, part of which will be forwarded to an artist like Celine Dion, who already has more money than I could possibly make in a hundred lifetimes.
		This tax makes about as much sense as it would to tax a car owner for the air they put in their tires in order to support the airline industry because they use air as a medium to fly their airplanes.
	www.cbc.ca /national/sasa/recordingtax.html (1668 words)

	allofmp3.blogs \| Universal tries to negotiate an 'iPod tax' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		All this is, is taxing tax itself and has nothing to do with their profit losses but rather taking every dime they possible can from willingful people.
		It also violates the principle that taxes are to serve the nation and the people.
		Anyways, in the US, if such a tax were imposed on media and players, it would warrant protest and revolt (in the form of civil disobedience of course, bloodshed would be too extreme for human rights violations of this type).
	blogs.allofmp3.com /music_news/2006/12/01/universal-tries-to-negotiate-an-ipod-tax (1465 words)

	The DAT Tax
		A tax on blank media is essentially a presumption of guilt.
		Once all of these new media and recorder taxes are in place, the continued greed of industry and the success of the "lost revenue" justification will inspire them to try to ban libraries.
		In the mean time I'm only buying 60 meter DDS tape, which isn't subject to the tax because it doesn't fit the definition in section 1001 (4)(A) since it isn't marketed for use by consumers to make digital audio recordings.
	www.brouhaha.com /~eric/bad_laws/dat_tax.html (1351 words)

	Stereophile: Canada Decides to Tax Blank Media
		December 26, 1999 — In a move that is sure to enrage users of blank digital media, Canada's Copyright Board has finalized plans to add a levy of 5.2 Canadian cents on CD-Rs and CD-RWs, 23.3 cents on audio cassettes over 40 minutes in length, and 60.8 cents on MiniDiscs and recordable audio CDs.
		Interestingly, DAT tapes are excluded from the tax, as they are not seen as a threat to the music business.
		The CATA attempted to persuade the Copyright Board to exempt the computer industry from the tax, which came as a result of public hearings earlier this year.
	www.stereophile.com /news/10634/index.html (390 words)

	Techdirt: Surprise: European Artists Defend Free Money From Blank Media Tax
		After all, they get a bunch of money for not doing anything, on the off chance that maybe, just maybe, someone somewhere is using the blank media for copyright infringement.
		I don't mind paying the media tax, if it provided me with access to all content, so I have choices about obtaining just and only the content that I want.
		I pay this tax to the recording companies anyway to buy a whole CD that has only two songs that I want anyway, which I then record onto other meda and put the CD away.
	techdirt.com /articles/20061018/233322.shtml (1413 words)

	MacNN \| Print: Canadian proposal to tax blank media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Blame Canada" brings to light a proposed bill that would issue a tax on blank CD-R/Ws ($.59 per disk), memory cards ($.08 per megabyte) and blank DVDs ($2.27 per disk).
		Also affected by the possible tax are manufacturers of MP3 players, who would be paying $21 for each gigabyte of memory available on the device.
		An anti-proposal site shows a comparision of what the media costs now to what it will cost if the proposal passes -- which is doubtful according to legal experts.
	www.macnn.com /print/13127 (101 words)

	Digital Media Thoughts - Digital Media News & Views
		In 2004 85 million kroner in compensation was collected by Copyswede, an umbrella collecting society for coordinated negotiations and agreements in certain copyright areas.
		I don't begin to understand how the tax system works in Europe, but it seems like Jens might be out of luck here.
		Hopefully public opinion can sway the government of Sweden to change their wacky "blank media tax".
	www.digitalmediathoughts.com /index.php?action=expand,8961 (309 words)

	Spain Puts 'Copyright Tax' On Blank Media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Spanish Congress have voted to implement a tax on all blank media, including flash memory sticks, blank cd and dvd-rs, even mobile phones and printers.
		There is no word on how much this new tax will be, only that the revenues will be collected by the government, and will then be given to the "copyright holder."
		People have long discussed this concept, known as "compulsory licensing." Meaning that basically the government assumes people are going to be putting copyrighted material on this blank media.
	www.dvd-recordable.org /Article2787.phtml (234 words)

	Techdirt: Canadian iPods Not Subject To The "You're A Criminal" Tax
		Canada has had a long tradition of charging extra fees on recordable media, as a way of "subsidizing" the potential for losses to the entertainment industry.
		The Canadian Supreme Court has refused to hear the case, meaning that iPods and other such music devices won't be taxed for such potential losses any more.
		Consequently, in 1998, Parliament legalized the copying of music by an individual for his or her private use and, in exchange, copyright holders were allowed to impose a levy on blank audio recording media, such as CDs.
	www.techdirt.com /articles/20050728/1221250_F.shtml (611 words)

	Canadian copyright levy on blank audio recording media
		It is called a levy (and not a tax) because it is not collected by any level of government, it is collected by a group representing the recording industry.
		If you buy any blank recording media outside Canada and use it yourself they will not be subject to the levy.
		It is the sale of blank media by the importer or manufacturer that triggers the levy.
	neil.eton.ca /copylevy.shtml (4466 words)

	Blank Recordable Media Products - 123InkJets
		Any use of a brand name or model designation for a non-OEM cartridge is made solely for purposes of demonstrating compatibility.
		Coupons are not valid for OEM cartridges, solid ink, or media products.
		UPS and the UPS brandmark are trademarks that are used with permission by the owner, United Parcel Service of America, Inc. All rights reserved.
	www.123inkjets.com /media.html?frm=tnav (157 words)

	Slashdot \| Canada's CD Tax Out of Hand?
		CRIA Watcher writes "The Canadian Copyright Board has just announced that it is bringing back the tax on blank CDs, called the private copying levy, in 2007.
		Since this tax goes to the recording industry to apparently make up for "lost sales due to copyright infringement"....where can independant Canadian artists who are not affiliated with the labels sign up to receive their cut of this tax?
		Point out the flaws in the assumptions behind the levy (such as the fact that not everybody is going to use the media they're taxing for copying music, etc.), and how it makes the levy unfair.
	slashdot.org /articles/06/02/27/1627203.shtml (5313 words)

	Tax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: excess profits tax, windfall profits tax
		However, any otherwise non-exempt object can lose its exemption if regularly kept outside the household.
		Calendar--Important Tax Dates for Individual Taxpayers on MSN Money
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tax (6476 words)

	Jens Refuses to Pay Blank Media Tax - The Digital Music Weblog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Swedish MP3 maker Jens has failed to pay Sweden's blank media tax for two years, and is now being sued.
		Company chief Jens Nylander was quoted saying, "...it is not our problem that the record industry hasn't come up with its own solution to safeguard its interests." Yow.
		Nylander also notes that out-of-country device builders, like Apple, are unfairly exempt from the tax.
	digitalmusic.weblogsinc.com /entry/1234000700059102 (421 words)

	Blank Media by Media Fast
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		Media fast offers a wide range of blank media.
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	mediafast.biz /blank_media.html (45 words)

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