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I remember back when the music business thought that pirated music would ruin them and forced governments to put an extra tax on blank cassettes and CDs. Seems

I remember back when the music business thought that pirated music would ruin them and forced governments to put an extra tax on blank cassettes and CDs. Seems like it's based on the same concept. Newspapers are loosing readers and they are blaming google and facebook. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy

raverbashing 6y ago
And of course if the legal system was slightly fair, if the levy is being applied then private copying should have been made instantly legal. Not to mention you're just charging everybody, regardless of the use they will make of the media But of course the lobbying is strong