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Japan is forgoing a copyright law revision to charge royalties on digital music players — a proposal dubbed the "iPod tax" — after discussions in a government panel produced no consensus on ways to police violations. NOV. 30 11:04 P.M. ET Japan is forgoing a copyright law revision to charge royalties on digital music players -- a proposal dubbed the "iPod tax" -- after discussions in a government panel produced no consensus on ways to police violations. Japan's Cultural Agency has decided not to implement a copyright law that would add a royalty fee to digital music players. The government chose to drop the proposed fee, or "iPod tax," because it couldn't determine a way to enforce violations, according to the Seattle Post Intelligencer Apple is accusing Iops of producing an MP3 player that copies the iPod mini's design, according to The Korea Times. The Korean MP3 maker claims that it received an official complaint from Apple in October demanding that it stop selling two models, and compensate the iPod maker for lost sales (SH) - Apple's iPod is the most popular digital media player in America, accounting for some 75 percent of all of the gizmos sold. Other companies, including Samsung and Sony, sell them (and do well, especially in Asia), but iPod has become a cultural phenomenon here. TOKYO -- Japan is forgoing a copyright law revision to charge royalties on digital music players - a proposal dubbed the "iPod tax" - after discussions in a government panel produced no consensus on ways to police violations.The decision Thursday from the Cultural Agency committee followed yearlong debate over how outdated the nation's system for levying an extra copyright fee on gadgets had Apple released iPod Updater 2005-11-17 on Wednesday. The iPod updater includes software version 1.1.3, with bug fixes for the shuffle. It also includes the previously released iPod Updater 2005-10-12 for all other iPod models. iPod Updater 2005-11-17 is available as a free download from Apple's Web site, and from Software Update for Mac users Elgato Systems announced the immediate availability of EyeTV 1.8.4 software for the EyeTV digital video recorder on Thursday. The update adds one-step export of video content to the video capable iPod compatible QuickTime H.264 format, as well as MPEG-4 for televisions connected to an iPod. EyeTV 1.8.4 is a free update, and requires Mac OS X 10.3 or higher and a G4 or G5 processor. It is