Retail Council of Canada's Reaction To The Supreme Court of Canada's Decision To Decline Consideration of Canada's Controversial Blank Media Levy
TORONTO, July 28 /CNW/ - Retail Council of Canada and a coalition of six
major electronics retailers (the "Retailers") were pleased that the Supreme
Court of Canada today refused to give leave to appeal to the Canadian Private
Copying Collective (CPPC) on the issue of whether devices such as iPods and
the memory embedded in them could be levied. The Federal Court of Appeal has
ruled that they cannot.
Diane J. Brisebois, President and CEO of Retail Council of Canada,
emphasized that this will save millions of dollars for Canadian consumers and
will increase pressure on Parliament to get rid of the controversial levy.
"Clearly Parliament must deal with this legislation sooner rather than later.
It isn't working for anyone," Brisebois said. "It should be repealed as
quickly as possible."
The Court also announced that it would not hear an appeal by Retail
Council of Canada on the constitutionality of the "levy". The Copyright Board
of Canada has imposed a levy of $0.21 payable to the music industry on each
blank CD-R, as well as other recordable media, which affects virtually all
Canadian consumers of these products, whether or not they use the products to
record music. When the levy scheme was being considered by Parliament prior to
its passage in 1997, it was being promoted as applying to blank
audiocassettes.
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TORONTO, July 28 /CNW/ - Retail Council of Canada and a coalition of six
major electronics retailers (the "Retailers") were pleased that the Supreme
Court of Canada today refused to give leave to appeal to the Canadian Private
Copying Collective (CPPC) on the issue of whether devices such as iPods and
the memory embedded in them could be levied. The Federal Court of Appeal has
ruled that they cannot.
Diane J. Brisebois, President and CEO of Retail Council of Canada,
emphasized that this will save millions of dollars for Canadian consumers and
will increase pressure on Parliament to get rid of the controversial levy.
"Clearly Parliament must deal with this legislation sooner rather than later.
It isn't working for anyone," Brisebois said. "It should be repealed as
quickly as possible."
The Court also announced that it would not hear an appeal by Retail
Council of Canada on the constitutionality of the "levy". The Copyright Board
of Canada has imposed a levy of $0.21 payable to the music industry on each
blank CD-R, as well as other recordable media, which affects virtually all
Canadian consumers of these products, whether or not they use the products to
record music. When the levy scheme was being considered by Parliament prior to
its passage in 1997, it was being promoted as applying to blank
audiocassettes.
Click above link for full story.