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Old 26-Jul-2007, 11:49 AM
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would you pay an extra $75 for an iPod/MP3 player

http://www.digitalhome.ca/content/view/1922/1/

I'm sure it won't go through (at least not as written), but if it did, I sure would never buy another one in this country. Just drive down to the US and pick one up for a lot cheaper.
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Old 27-Jul-2007, 12:18 AM
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thats a bloody outrage man!
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Old 28-Jul-2007, 02:25 AM
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you realize what this means though?

$4 to a 8GB card means downloading music is legally justifiable because you're paying a tax on it anyway.......

I think if they properly laid out the definitions to mean what the laws are designed for, people would be okay with that.

For $75 on an iPod, if you could legally download all the music you want, wouldn't it be worth it?

I use sony memory sticks and I think they're dirt cheap. a 4GB card allows over 30 full albums that you have already purchased and converted to mp3.

Instead if you could pay a few bucks and legally download 'pirated' music, don't you think it would worth it?

We don't get sued here like the idiots to the south, I don't mind paying the amount of one night of drinking to keep that.

I'm drunk.
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 12:57 AM
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wtf am I supposed to jam in my ****ing camera then??? I don't even own an MP3 player, but I'd be furious if I had to pay extra to get a memory card for my camera just cuz SOME people keep music on the same type of media.
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 03:23 AM
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sony sticks arent dirt cheap compared to all other flash media...they are a rip off proprietary format media...bun dem!!!
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 09:07 AM
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buy your ipods and storage cards before the ban takes effect..simple
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 09:43 AM
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i wouldnt buy an ipod to begin with
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 09:49 AM
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Originally posted by shlammed
i wouldnt buy an ipod to begin with
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 10:00 AM
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i wouldnt buy an ipod to begin with

would you just use the blackberry? Or is RIM coming out with a mp3 player?
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 10:08 AM
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Because the Pearl is small I use it as an mp3 player at the gym yes

but the point is there are better mp3 players then the iPod out there.
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 10:10 AM
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like the blackberry pearl?
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 10:23 AM
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 10:25 AM
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like the zune
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 10:50 AM
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whoops i thought you meant that you were clarifying if i meant pearl as in blackberry pearl

no i dont think the pearl is a better mp3 player
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 12:12 PM
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Originally posted by Zyepher
like the zune
ewww...

(in the US) some of the money from teh Zune already goes to the recording industry (in some way) to *compensate* for stealing music...and its a big brown brick
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 12:13 PM
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Originally posted by shlammed
whoops i thought you meant that you were clarifying if i meant pearl as in blackberry pearl

no i dont think the pearl is a better mp3 player
lol, I was gonna say, I don't see a 30gb Pearl....although that would be cool (not practical)
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 12:26 PM
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You will see devices come out that will support that much data via memory cards, but not internal memory.
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 12:44 PM
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I use my pearl as an mp3 player. Works fine, but I'll probably get an ipod eventually.
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Old 30-Jul-2007, 05:42 PM
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wtf am I supposed to jam in my ****ing camera then??? I don't even own an MP3 player, but I'd be furious if I had to pay extra to get a memory card for my camera just cuz SOME people keep music on the same type of media.
they did something like that will CDs in the past... "audio quality" CDs... they cost more... the difference was suckers paid more for them.
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