Comment not a fee for illegal copies.. (Score 1) 236
.. but it's a fee which makes it legal to use the device to make copies of copyrighted material for personal use. We (germans) have the same fee on copiers, fast scanners, etc.
The conflict is about if devices like cd burners are used primarily to copy such material, or if
they are only used marginally for that purpose and if that fee can be collected anyhow.
It was even discussed to take such a fee for an
entire multimedia pc.
In effect, this is sort of a tax payed to the entertainment industrie.
The conflict is about if devices like cd burners are used primarily to copy such material, or if
they are only used marginally for that purpose and if that fee can be collected anyhow.
It was even discussed to take such a fee for an
entire multimedia pc.
In effect, this is sort of a tax payed to the entertainment industrie.
