Netherlands considers taxing mp3 players based on capacity

Post by **Fender** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:03 pm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/27 ... _ipod_tax/

If this legislation comes into play, the surcharge will be as much as €3.28 ($4.3) per gigabyte. This might put €180 ($235) to the price of a top end iPod.

Looks like the recording industry is lobbying pretty hard across the pond as well.

Post by **SoM** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:11 pm

Post by **PhoeniX** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:12 pm

I think we should introduce a 'cunt tax' on the MPAA/RIAA and the like.

Post by **inphlict** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:15 pm

After you pay the tax you think your in the clear but then they will sue you if you try to pirate some music.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:16 pm

fuck me, that's retarded

Post by **SoM** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:18 pm

i wish people would quit buying their products, that would teach em..

Post by **Giraffe }{unter** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:31 pm

"Already in Germany there is a levy on PC hard drives, that will soon become larger than the entire PC industry revenue if it is left in place. Within two years, as disk drive sizes move to terabyte class on notebooks, and petabyte levels on home DVRs, the tax will come to far outweigh not just the cost of the drive, but the cost of the device. Under this Netherlands law, if it were extended to the PC, the cost of 1,000 GB would be €3,280 ($4,300) and yet drives of this size will be delivered by 2007."

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:50 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:fuck me, that's retarded

Post by **dmmh** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:53 pm

jezus christ, fuckin dutch goverment cunts

Post by **andyman** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:01 pm

I don't see what this does

Post by **dmmh** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:02 pm

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:31 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol, gg ye pirates. way to ruin it for everyone else. and i thought the euro volume cap was ridiculous.

Post by **seremtan** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:37 am

A tax on bullshit would sort these fuckers out.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:59 am

This is by far the biggest bullshit ever