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Belgium To Tax Rewritable CDs

Posted by timothy on from the hopefull-not-ogg-hours dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Belgian federal government will quietly introduce a tax on rewritable CDs on May 1, the office of the country's minister of economy confirmed. Officially called a "compensation for personal use," the tax will add 12 euro cents (13 cents) per hour to the price of a CD-R. The proceeds are earmarked for composers, copyright holders and performers. Here is the scoop."

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  1. Legal to copy then by henrik · · Score: 1, Troll

    Well, this should make it legal to borrow a CD from the local library and copy it onto a CDR that still is cheaper than the original CD. And I you are paying the tax for it, it should be perfectly legalm because why would you otherwise we paying a fee (tax) for it?