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Spain Adds 'Copyright Tax' to Blank Media

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the angry-geeks dept.

Poker Forums writes "Just read on Zeropaid that Spain has recently voted in compulsory copyright licensing, levying a tax on all blank media. This includes cd-r, dvd-r, flash media, printers, scanners, cell phones, everything. The tax will be collected by the government and 'given to the copyright holder.'"

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  1. Re:This underlines the problem with copyright thef by topham · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    I'll give you a hint as to the most significant ways a retail outlet loses inventory... it isn't by shoplifting and walking out the front door.

    It goes home with the employees.

    So remind me again why I walk through those shoplifting detectors? Especially since thy get set off every 3 minutes in some stores for almost no reason.