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France Considers 'Pirate Tax' For Online Ads

Posted by samzenpus on from the somone-has-to-pay dept.

angry tapir writes "A report commissioned by the French Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, urges the introduction of a tax on online advertising such as that carried by Google, which would be used to pay the creators of artistic and other works that lose out to online piracy."

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  1. Re:still not enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    In fact, in France there is already a tax on mp3 players...

  2. Re:still not enough by interkin3tic · · Score: 5, Informative

    Exceptions should be made for the politicians and their supporters though, because those crazy laws don't apply to them.

  3. Re:still not enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    and floppy disk, and thumbdrive, and anything able at some point or another to contain music or video. It is not a legally tax but a compensation for a legal exception ( the "right" to have a personnal copy ), which prevent us from arguing that since we pay for piracy we have a right to pirate.

    So the only way to have cheap blank CD in france is to get it from UK or germany. ( without declaring it of course )

  4. Re:still not enough by VValdo · · Score: 2, Informative

    But c'mon, that's in France. Such a thing would never happen in the US, would it?

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  5. Re:The old Motto: by ShakaUVM · · Score: 3, Informative

    >>The question is: would that legalize downloading / Sharing since the artists are supposed to get payed?

    Of course not.

    And would artists actually see any of this money?

    Of course not.

  6. Plus will be censored on const./EU grounds by Nicolas+MONNET · · Score: 2, Informative

    Most of the measures they want to implement are simply unconstitutional.

    1. Re:Plus will be censored on const./EU grounds by Totenglocke · · Score: 2, Informative

      Given how many times France has changed their Constitution, I wouldn't be surprised if they just wrote a new one making all of the measures legal.

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  7. Re:still not enough by RobVB · · Score: 3, Informative

    So the only way to have cheap blank CD in france is to get it from UK or germany. ( without declaring it of course )

    There's no need to declare anything.

    Wikipedia:

    Article 30 TFEU prohibits member states from levying any duties on goods crossing a border, both goods produced within the EU and those produced outside. Once a good has been imported into the EU from a third country and the appropriate customs duty paid, Article 29 TFEU dictates that it shall then be considered to be in free circulation between the member states.

    It is perfectly legal to circumvent national taxes by buying goods in another European country. Many people in Belgium buy their electronics in Germany because the VAT is lower there.

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