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I believe than in Portugal one pays a tax with every hdd or any device that might be used to ilegally store copyrighted content. So I pay a tax for the eventual
by fimdomeio 5y ago
I believe than in Portugal one pays a tax with every hdd or any device that might be used to ilegally store copyrighted content.
So I pay a tax for the eventuality of doing the thing I cannot legally do but at the same time if I already paid for it how can it still be ilegal?
- bonzini 5y agoPretty much all over Europe but it's not for illegal copies: it's for legal copies as in "copy an LP you own to a cassette for use in a car" (that's the original use case). Of course everybody knows that it's practically covering missed royalties from illegally copied content, but according to the letter of the law it isn't.
- vasco 5y agoThis is correct. Source: Portuguese man with a deep hatred for copyright protection institutions, motivated in large part by the introduction of that law.