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Dutch Pass iPod Tax

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pay-to-play dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Register is reporting that in a few short months a proposal to tax all MP3 players in the Netherlands will become law. The levy taxes 3.28 euros ($4.30 US) for every gigabyte of capacity. This means a 60GB iPod Photo will be hit for an additional 196 euros ($258), all of it going to the record industry's copyright collection agencies. And they call file sharers thieves?"

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  1. Re:Just a proposal, hopefully... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Turkish seem to be shitting on a lot of Western Europe.

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  4. Re:Just a proposal, hopefully... by morie · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nederlandse

    If you are talking in Dutch, that is.

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