[ilugd]: Germany mulls a copyright levy+tax for PCs

[LinuxLingam]

looks like the ilug-delhi demons and linux-india members aren't the only ones 
thinking of levying taxes. but this story in germany has an interesting 
twist: writers, musicians, composers, the creative people whose work the 
publishers, want computers taxed. and th is time, they don't want the 
publishers or others to gobble the money, they want it directly for 
themselves. budding artists, anyone?

this is bizarre. so what was that song again,
Pop Will Eat Itself.

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Germany Mulls A Copyright Levy + VAT For PCs


    [0]Willard B. Trophy writes "How does a US$13 plus an extra 16% tax on
    computers sound? That's what intense lobbying by publishing industry
    groups has forced the German government to consider. [1]UPI has the
    story." 
Links
    0. http://www3.sympatico.ca/scruss/
    1. http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030312-120912-6894r

LL

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