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Netherlands considers taxing mp3 players based on capacity
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:03 pm
by Fender
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.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:11 pm
by SoM
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:12 pm
by PhoeniX
I think we should introduce a 'cunt tax' on the MPAA/RIAA and the like.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:15 pm
by inphlict
After you pay the tax you think your in the clear but then they will sue you if you try to pirate some music.
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:16 pm
by phantasmagoria
fuck me, that's retarded
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:18 pm
by SoM
i wish people would quit buying their products, that would teach em..
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:31 pm
by Giraffe }{unter
"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."
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:50 pm
by Massive Quasars
phantasmagoria wrote:fuck me, that's retarded
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:53 pm
by dmmh
jezus christ, fuckin dutch goverment cunts
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:01 pm
by andyman
I don't see what this does
Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:02 pm
by dmmh
....
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:31 am
by +JuggerNaut+
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:lol, gg ye pirates. way to ruin it for everyone else. and i thought the euro volume cap was ridiculous.
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:37 am
by seremtan
A tax on bullshit would sort these fuckers out.
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 2:59 am
by Kills On Site
This is by far the biggest bullshit ever
