“The FCA hearing on the judicial review of the Board’s decision was held yesterday. It took the Court less than 24 hours to render its decision… I acted in this matter for the Retail Council of Canada, which along with Apple Canada, etc. had brought the applications to quash. The Applicants were awarded their costs. The reasons are very brief. The Court was very decisive.”
Full article here.
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Sometimes we are smarter than we look…eh!
First post, its a friday, gonna be a good weekend! Yay.
are they doing in Canada?
Why everything related to technology should be pain in the a$$?
We are behind in the Internet, TV, Cable, Music, Video…..!!!
“Canadian iPod levy quashed by Federal Court of Appeal”
Careful with that axe, Eugene.
I don’t think Canada is much behind the US in internet or TV, at least in major cities. Video downloads and cell phone markets, though…
Hey, one of my favorite songs.
“We don’t need no, $75 levy…..
We don’t need no, price control…”
We are ahead though…on broadband usage per capita.
…oh…and our strippers really strip…completely..EH!
while this is a welcome “win” for the Canadian consumer, proposed upcoming reforms to Canadian copyright law are a much bigger worry. There still remains a lot of crazy thinking in our gov’t with regards to copyright issues.
all Canadian MDN readers should go on over to law professor Michael Geist’s excellent blog http://www.michaelgeist.ca/ for more about the proposed “Canadian DMCA”. It’s not too late to write your MP!
Buy the boys up north a round of Molsons. They did the right thing.
Canada was WAY ahead (and still may be) on the use of debit cards and electronic payment (probably because of more central banking system).
@ Ampar
One of my favorite imports. His brilliant and sublime performance in A Might Wind enchants me every time.
@WTF
It is because the goverment there makes everything a pain in the a$$, that is why everything is behind. Fear not, our indecision about things like official languages and such will put us with you soon enough. Then all of us in North America will be a$$ backwards: Canada and U.S. because political correctness is more important than anything else..Mexico because of 500 years (and going strong) of 100% total goverment corruption.
Just my $0.02
C1: And Best in Show. And the paranoid Walter Kornbluth in Splash.
C! and AMPAR…do not forget where everyone really knew him and John Candy from…SCTV…well at least in Canada
@ Ampar
And here as well. I always thought SCTV was a better show than SNL.
Though The Kids crush them all.
crush them crush them crush them…
I’m crushing your head!
And who can forget the circus freaks? Good times.
And yes, SCTV rocked. And then blowed up real good.
REAL good.
Blow’d up REAL good!
JINX!!!
Do you like the eggs? They fresh! Fresh from my body and on to your plate!
-Chickenlady
Yes, I am a man possessed by many demons. Polite demons that would open the door for a lady carrying too many parcels, but demons nonetheless! Yes, I have walked along the path of evil many times, it’s a twisting curving path, that actually leads to a charming block garden, but beyond that evil!
-Simon Milligan
I can make the word Canadian sound sexxxxy.
-Buddy Cole
All I can say is thank god! Glad to see someone keep the copyright board (& RIAA) in check.
The Beauty of KITH:
Filipino kid: You are American?
Tourist: No, I’m a Canadian. It’s like an American, but without the gun.
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Mr. B: An optimist says, “The drink is half full.” A pessimist says, “The drink is half full, but I might have bowel cancer.”
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Daddy: Hey, son, you know how you’ve been bugging me to go and get you a puppy? Well, today after work, I went out and I bought you one. But on the way home, I got hungry and I ate him! I’m joking; I’d never buy you a puppy.