News Archive for 07/07/20

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Canadian iPod, memory tax

07/20, 11:55am

Canadian Board approves iPod, memory tax

The Copyright Board of Canada has decided to allow a levy on iPods and removable memory that will tax Canadian citizens for their assumed transfer of copyrighted content. The Canadian Storage Media Alliance (CSMA) and Retail Council of Canada (RCC) challenged the levy, arguing that the Federal Court had already put to rest a previously proposed tax on digital audio recorders because the levy did not fall within the cited Copyright Act, according to one blogger. The CSMA and RCC contest that the board has no jurisdiction to approve the levy, but the board rejected pleas from the CSMA and RCC to do away with the new tax. The new tax is worded such that it may even include cellular phones and computers, which could extend to cover peer-to-peer downloading.

TuneRanger iTunes sync

07/20, 11:40am

TuneRanger syncs iTunes on multiple machines

Acertant has launched TuneRanger, a program that syncs iTunes collections across multiple computers. Systems with TuneRanger installed will automatically see each other, allowing users to ensure that all files are available at all times on up to five computers at once. Users can further apply this consistency between Macs and PCs, and with associated iPods, copying from as well as to them. To ensure that disk space is not wasted, users can choose to filter particular songs, file types, licenses and any duplicates. The current Mac and PC betas are on discount for $30; trial software is also available.