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Taken from XFM web-site:
To make up the money lost through digital piracy, UK record companies are looking at a new tax recently introduced in Holland that could increase the cost of digital music players.
The so-called ‘iPod Tax’ has just been introduced in the Netherlands and is added to the cost of any digital music player. The UKs music industry is currently investigating similar legislation with the taxes collected going to record labels to help make up for losses from digital piracy.
The copyright levy will be added to the price of every MP3 player sold, based on the assumption that some music on the device has not been paid for and may even be charged according to the size of a player's hard drive.
Critics have suggested that this means music purchased legally is being bought twice, while there is also a suggestion that by adding the tax the music industry would be legitimising the piracy.
Following the recent Dutch legislation, the price of MP3 players can now be legally raised by as much as €180 (approximately £120) to the price of Apple's 60GB iPod, for example.
Doug D’Arcy, formerly of Chrysalis and BMG, told The Sunday Herald, "The illegal digital download market is in danger of crippling the British music industry and unless something is done to address this quickly, it will spell disaster for thousands of artists and independent record labels
“We had an opportunity to introduce a levy on audio cassettes back in the 1970's and passed it up. That decision cost the business tens of millions, and to make the same mistake again could be fatal.”
A similar tax law was recently proposed, but shot down in Canada in late 2004.
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To be honest, I think it's f###ing ridiculous. This isn't going to stop people illegally downloading music, which is surely what should be done instead.
Thoughts?
To make up the money lost through digital piracy, UK record companies are looking at a new tax recently introduced in Holland that could increase the cost of digital music players.
The so-called ‘iPod Tax’ has just been introduced in the Netherlands and is added to the cost of any digital music player. The UKs music industry is currently investigating similar legislation with the taxes collected going to record labels to help make up for losses from digital piracy.
The copyright levy will be added to the price of every MP3 player sold, based on the assumption that some music on the device has not been paid for and may even be charged according to the size of a player's hard drive.
Critics have suggested that this means music purchased legally is being bought twice, while there is also a suggestion that by adding the tax the music industry would be legitimising the piracy.
Following the recent Dutch legislation, the price of MP3 players can now be legally raised by as much as €180 (approximately £120) to the price of Apple's 60GB iPod, for example.
Doug D’Arcy, formerly of Chrysalis and BMG, told The Sunday Herald, "The illegal digital download market is in danger of crippling the British music industry and unless something is done to address this quickly, it will spell disaster for thousands of artists and independent record labels
“We had an opportunity to introduce a levy on audio cassettes back in the 1970's and passed it up. That decision cost the business tens of millions, and to make the same mistake again could be fatal.”
A similar tax law was recently proposed, but shot down in Canada in late 2004.
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To be honest, I think it's f###ing ridiculous. This isn't going to stop people illegally downloading music, which is surely what should be done instead.
Thoughts?
mattributé wrote:
> Encourages people to import, to download illegally and such.
>
> Should get shot down.
Exactly, now people will think "If they're going to stop catching illegal downloaders and pay the music companies then I might as well download illegally".
Stupid if you ask me. I already have an iPod so i'll just make sure I hold onto that.
> Encourages people to import, to download illegally and such.
>
> Should get shot down.
Exactly, now people will think "If they're going to stop catching illegal downloaders and pay the music companies then I might as well download illegally".
Stupid if you ask me. I already have an iPod so i'll just make sure I hold onto that.
Oh Canada....
... nutcases. They're trying to exploit every single avenue to prevent illegal downloading, even through products out of their reach. Boo to them.
... nutcases. They're trying to exploit every single avenue to prevent illegal downloading, even through products out of their reach. Boo to them.
Encourages people to import, to download illegally and such.
Should get shot down.
Should get shot down.
Absolutely stupid ruling. Any storage device used for entertainment purposes should have the same tax applied by that reasoning. Hell, if you want to go whole hog, why not tax speakers / earphones, TV's, LCD screens? Without them, you wouln't be able to listen to / view an illegal copy, so therefore they're a vital component.
Stunningly transparant way to impose extra tax income on a new technology.
Stunningly transparant way to impose extra tax income on a new technology.
Or even: iPod Tax.
Taken from XFM web-site:
To make up the money lost through digital piracy, UK record companies are looking at a new tax recently introduced in Holland that could increase the cost of digital music players.
The so-called ‘iPod Tax’ has just been introduced in the Netherlands and is added to the cost of any digital music player. The UKs music industry is currently investigating similar legislation with the taxes collected going to record labels to help make up for losses from digital piracy.
The copyright levy will be added to the price of every MP3 player sold, based on the assumption that some music on the device has not been paid for and may even be charged according to the size of a player's hard drive.
Critics have suggested that this means music purchased legally is being bought twice, while there is also a suggestion that by adding the tax the music industry would be legitimising the piracy.
Following the recent Dutch legislation, the price of MP3 players can now be legally raised by as much as €180 (approximately £120) to the price of Apple's 60GB iPod, for example.
Doug D’Arcy, formerly of Chrysalis and BMG, told The Sunday Herald, "The illegal digital download market is in danger of crippling the British music industry and unless something is done to address this quickly, it will spell disaster for thousands of artists and independent record labels
“We had an opportunity to introduce a levy on audio cassettes back in the 1970's and passed it up. That decision cost the business tens of millions, and to make the same mistake again could be fatal.”
A similar tax law was recently proposed, but shot down in Canada in late 2004.
- - - -
To be honest, I think it's f###ing ridiculous. This isn't going to stop people illegally downloading music, which is surely what should be done instead.
Thoughts?
To make up the money lost through digital piracy, UK record companies are looking at a new tax recently introduced in Holland that could increase the cost of digital music players.
The so-called ‘iPod Tax’ has just been introduced in the Netherlands and is added to the cost of any digital music player. The UKs music industry is currently investigating similar legislation with the taxes collected going to record labels to help make up for losses from digital piracy.
The copyright levy will be added to the price of every MP3 player sold, based on the assumption that some music on the device has not been paid for and may even be charged according to the size of a player's hard drive.
Critics have suggested that this means music purchased legally is being bought twice, while there is also a suggestion that by adding the tax the music industry would be legitimising the piracy.
Following the recent Dutch legislation, the price of MP3 players can now be legally raised by as much as €180 (approximately £120) to the price of Apple's 60GB iPod, for example.
Doug D’Arcy, formerly of Chrysalis and BMG, told The Sunday Herald, "The illegal digital download market is in danger of crippling the British music industry and unless something is done to address this quickly, it will spell disaster for thousands of artists and independent record labels
“We had an opportunity to introduce a levy on audio cassettes back in the 1970's and passed it up. That decision cost the business tens of millions, and to make the same mistake again could be fatal.”
A similar tax law was recently proposed, but shot down in Canada in late 2004.
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To be honest, I think it's f###ing ridiculous. This isn't going to stop people illegally downloading music, which is surely what should be done instead.
Thoughts?