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The Globe and Mail reports that getting your hands on an iPod mini in Canada before Christmas is virtually impossible. “Apple’s iPod mini has become the must-have toy of this Christmas season–it is so popular that the diminutive, colourful digital-music player has joined Cabbage Patch Kids and Tickle Me Elmo on the short list of gifts that have made marketing history by triggering a consumer frenzy and widespread shortages.

The Copyright Board of Canada said on Friday that it will place a levy of CDN$2 on digital music players with a capacity of up to 1GB, $15 for players with a capacity of 1GB to 10GB, and $25 for those over 10GB. As expected, Apple’s iPod will be affected by this decision. However, it could have been worse.