Germany also has that tax. Its on everything from printers to usb sticks and dvd drives. Its especially fucked up since its explicitly to allow for private cop

Germany also has that tax. Its on everything from printers to usb sticks and dvd drives. Its especially fucked up since its explicitly to allow for private copies. Instead it is illegal to circumvent copy protection. Those tax schemes are a major rip off and nothing but pandering to powerful lobbies. Its protection money.