Canadian iPod levy assumes you're a criminal first, asks questions never
Canada has moved one step closer to imposing a copyright levy on every personal digital audio device sold, which would be handed over to the worlds largest music publishers as compensation for perceived piracy. Michael Giest writes, "The government has yet to play its hand on this issue, but with the prospect of an unpopular levy and mounting pressure for a Canadian fair use provision, it will have to take a stand sometime soon."
Essentially what this means is, if you buy an iPod or similar device in Canada, soon you'll automatically be assumed to pirate music illegally, and will be forced to pay a small fee up front to the recording industry as penance. It's like getting a parking ticket while your car is still in the garage.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
