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Re:Thepiratebay.se is back online by sergiosgc on Saturday January 31, 2015 @01:59PM (#8977619)
>... pay extra-taxes on any digital support with the excuse that people use them to store pirated material.

That's not what the blank media levy is for. It is a compensation for the right copyright law gives you to copy works you bought in one format to a different format. Think buying conversion of an audio CD into mp3 for listening in your car.

Not that the real justification makes sense, but please stop associating it with piracy: it is wrong and serves to perpetuate this levy.

Re:Thepiratebay.se is back online by hnnewguy on Saturday January 31, 2015 @02:28PM (#8977722)
>Think buying conversion of an audio CD into mp3 for listening in your car.

How is it a "right" if I have to pay extra for it?

Re:Thepiratebay.se is back online by gcb0 on Saturday January 31, 2015 @02:21PM (#8977695)
wow. that's even worse.

and i wonder if companies continue to receive that free lunch even after they inflict DRM on their customers.