Unlimited Music Downloads in Canada? - $5 on Mobile Phone Plans for Songs


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Evan Monk
On: Jan 18, 08
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Unlimited Music Downloads in Canada? - $5 on Mobile Phone Plans for Songs [Edit]

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A very interesting idea, and simple really! Charge all internet and mobile phone accounts in Canada a levy and allow unlimited free downloads of music for personal use.

The Song Writer’s Association of Canada has proposed a monthly $5 Levy charged to all mobile accounts. If this happened, all 13 million of them that would net a monthly $65 million just in cell phones. There are an estimated 9 Million Internet accounts in Canada as well. That would be an additional $45 Million to 1.32 Billion a year in revenues.

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Comments:

What about people that don't download songs? If they have both a cell phone (or even more than one in a household) and an internet connection, they are paying $120 a year (or more) for no added value. A tax for which they receive no benefit.

By: Bill on Jan 22, 08 | 17 Trends | 82 Comments

Isn't that what many taxes are?

By: Evan Monk on Jan 22, 08 | 19 Trends | 5 Comments

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