Briefly: Xbox 360 to connect to iPod?, UK iPod Tax?..

Briefly: Goldman Sachs said Microsoft hinted that its upcoming Xbox 360 gaming console may be able to connect with competitor products such as the PSP from Sony and the iPod from Apple.... The U.K.'s music industry is currently investigating legislation similar to the ‘iPod Tax’ that has hit the Netherlands, with the taxes collected going to record labels to help make up for losses from digital piracy.... A teenage girl was punched in the face and had her iPod snatched in a night time attack by a gang of four girls.... Columnist Kaytryn Hill lists the top five reasons she has "fallen in love" with her iPod, a "tiny 2-by-4-inch, tune-playing technological genius."... Jason Kottke lists "50 fun things to do with your iPod" including being a DJ at a club, getting mugged, and reliving the old Walkman days.

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TylerDurden

Tax on iPods?

05/17, 12:52pm, EDT

Hmmm... If they start charging someone who's not pirating a tax to pay for piracy... then I guess that means that the record industry is giving the green light for everyone to go ahead and download music from the peer to peer networks... I mean, if they're charging a tax for all the music that's getting shared on the networks, you're paying for it. If you're paying for it, then it's not stealing! Right?

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