Re:Canada says online streaming services must hand over 5% o...
by bags43 on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @05:23PM
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What is german word for this tax?
Re:Canada says online streaming services must hand over 5% o...
by Rinzler89 on Tuesday June 04, 2024 @05:33PM
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Different names in every German speaking country
Re:Canada says online streaming services must hand over 5% o...
by jmholla on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @07:25AM
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Sounds like it's should be legal to pirats theb since you already paid for it.
Re:Canada says online streaming services must hand over 5% o...
by JackSlateur on Thursday June 06, 2024 @09:01AM
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Correct
In France, for every storage devices (USB stick included), for every smartphone (which has storage), even for GPS (related .. god knows how) : you pay a tax. Because of said device, you could store a file "shared" by somebody else (that is, a file you did not pay for).
You MUST pay the tax.
As such, I consider my right to store files "shared" by somebody else. I paid for it, ffs.
Re:Canada says online streaming services must hand over 5% o...
by JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B on Thursday June 06, 2024 @06:57AM
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We have the same law in France. They even tried to tax refurbished phones and computers (which were already taxed) but someone told them to fuck off on that kind of item.
In Austria there's a tax on all devices with built-in storage, from phones to blank DVDs and external HDDs, because the association of movies and music IP holders claim digital storage is used to store pirated content so it's their way of clawing back revenue lost to piracy.
You can't make this up. That South Park skit is spot on for this country. I think there's similar taxes in other countries too.