The SGAE (Spanish RIAA) has gone further. Since last year the IP law establishes a tax on any electronic device or medium able to store material protected by IP, no matter what their actual use is - for instance, you may store content produced by you or simply data on CDs, hard disks, etc. but you still have to pay the tax when you buy them.
Fortunately the proposal to tax broadband connections was not passed.
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The SGAE (Spanish RIAA) has gone further. Since last year the IP law establishes a tax on any electronic device or medium able to store material protected by IP, no matter what their actual use is - for instance, you may store content produced by you or simply data on CDs, hard disks, etc. but you still have to pay the tax when you buy them. Fortunately the proposal to tax broadband connections was not passed.