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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 78 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Under those rules, streaming services that are not Canadian-owned and have more than CAD $25 million (approx. USD $18.5 million)  in revenue in Canada annually are required to pay 5% of that revenue into funds that subsidize Canadian content and creators.

Under that plan, 1.5% of music streamers’ revenue would go towards subsidies for local radio stations.

Lol, yea, pay your fucking taxes, grifters.

[–] powerofm@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Unfortunately, that 5% fee means Spotify prices are going up 10%

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 hours ago

Sure. That just means that Canadian consumers of Spotify will be indirectly subsidizing Canadian artists.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If I remember something kn my econ 101 class, they're going up 2.5%, because taxes are not entirely pass to the consumer, they take a part of the company earnings too.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 16 hours ago

He ce Spotify prives going up 10, to make sure company profits are covered and then some

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 5 points 22 hours ago

Sure but then they pay more taxes. Increase in price means more revenue which means more taxes. It’s just a circle.

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