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Germany Mulls A Copyright Levy + VAT For PCs

Posted by chrisd on from the you-are-all-criminals dept.

Willard B. Trophy writes "How does a US$13 plus an extra 16% tax on computers sound? That's what intense lobbying by publishing industry groups has forced the German government to consider. UPI has the story."

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  1. Is this story locked? by gpinzone · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why else would there be no posts?

    1. Re:Is this story locked? by Orestesx · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Because Americans don't care and the Germans are too busy protesting action in Iraq to post.

  2. similar article by Mdog · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's a similar article on this over at Tubgirl tech archive

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  4. NAPKED OST by Trolling4Dollars · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Naked post!!!! I am absolutely and totally naked!!!!!!

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  5. Germay and Freedom by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What do expect from the country that brought the world Nazis.

  6. Re:Middlemen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No. If you want to make an argument, make it yourself. Don't just post links and tell people to read. You're an ignorant cocksucker.

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  7. Re:Middlemen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No. If you want to make an argument, make it yourself. Don't just post links and tell people to read. You're an ignorant cocksucker.

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    (This exact comment has already been posted. Try to be more original...)

  8. another reason to kill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Another reason to go out and kill the nearest lawmaker you can find, regardless of what country you live in. Do it today and save the world.

  9. ALDI wird's schon richten! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Aldi hat in Deutschland mehr Einfluß als alle anderen!!! Wenn die wollten könnten die die PC's sogar aus der pollakai (re-)importieren und hier für nen butterbrot vertickern...

  10. Re:say it with me now... by Surak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Anyone else here in Canada willing to join a class action lawsuit against the recording industries to reclaim our recordable media taxes?

    Hmmm...I've bought CD recordables in Canada, but I'm a U.S. citizen (I'm 20 mins from the Canadian border) I wonder if I could legally enjoin such a lawsuit?

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