Posted AT 1:42 PM EDT on 09/08/05
Canadian buyers of MP3 players to get refund
Canadians who bought an MP3 player last year could be eligible for a refund of up to $25.
Apple, Sony, and Hewlett-Packard announced this week that they would refund the "piracy" levy customers paid on their MP3 players, including the iPod, between December, 2003 and December, 2004, after the Supreme Court of Canada refused last month to overturn a Federal Court of Appeal decision that rendered the levy invalid.
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