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Spain has already a music tax. They just assume that every DVD-R, CD-R, Hard Drive, iPod, etc. will be used to store "pirated" music so they charged them accord
by juanpablo 19y ago
Spain has already a music tax. They just assume that every DVD-R, CD-R, Hard Drive, iPod, etc. will be used to store "pirated" music so they charged them accordingly.
- jamesbritt 19y agoAnd, since there has been payment, people are then allowed to "pirate" music?
- juanpablo 19y agoYes. If you don't make money from it AND it is from personal use, it is technically legal. In practice, however, restaurants, salons for private weedings and even individuals who throw parties in their houses are being sued (or charged with a fee) for using copyrighted music in a non-personal or profit-making way. It's totally insane. The tax is collected not by the goverment but instead by an increasingly-powerful-lobby who "represent the artists" (called SGAE) so the situation it's only getting worse.