New York Wants to Tax iTunes Downloads

The white earbuds of Apple iPod are ubiquitous in the streets of New York, and now the city wants a piece of Apple’s pie. New York Gov. David Patterson, as part of his state budget, is proposing that the state levy a tax on all “digitally delivered entertainment services,” which would include music and video purchased via iTunes, along with ebooks bought for Amazon’s Kindle. If the proposal passes New York’s state legislature, New Yorkers will most certainly pay more than the traditional $0.99