Spain has announced that they will implement an anti-piracy tax on all devices used for recording and storage of sound and images. The tax is being called the digital canon.
From Billboard.
The list of taxes was published without warning in the Official State Bulleting (BOE) on June 19. There are a few minor changes to an initial “digital canon” list agreed by the industry and culture ministries and published in January. For example, mobile phones with integrated MP3 music devices will be subject to a €1.10 tax ($1.7) instead of the original €1.50 ($2.35).
The “digital canon” will be in force exactly one year before a scheduled revision. In that period, the tax collected must not be lower than €110.2 million ($171.9 million) or more than €117.8 million ($183.8 million). If it is higher or lower, the culture ministry must make necessary adjustments.
This sort of thing has been talked about elsewhere but, until now, only talked about.
The opposition focuses on the premise that, some people that buy devices don’t steal media and the issue of how the money will be distributed.
Will Spain actually be a bellwether?
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Pat Darnell and Whatever wrote,
are those the guys who did the Spanish Inquisition?
[no Missouri is the bellwether...]
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Link | June 24th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Pribek wrote,
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…. Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Our four…no… Amongst our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise…. I’ll come in again.
Link | June 24th, 2008 at 10:31 am