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Re:France may tax publications protected by DRM at a higher ... by fnordsensei on Sunday November 17, 2013 @11:16AM (#6749486)
And those taxes will get passed on to the customer, guaranteed.
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Re:France may tax publications protected by DRM at a higher ... by desas on Sunday November 17, 2013 @09:11PM (#6752118)
Yes, the tax is the VAT, which is designed to be only paid by customers. It's roughly analogous to a sales tax in the US
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