Do you have a source for the EU SC verdict that such a tax is illegal? The reason I'm asking is that Sweden has similar rules. (For instance, all external hard

Do you have a source for the EU SC verdict that such a tax is illegal? The reason I'm asking is that Sweden has similar rules. (For instance, all external hard drives have a tax of ~$10, a DVD-RW $0.60 and DVD recorders with HD's larger than 250GB are $40.) This "private copying levy" is payed by manufacturers and importers but of course passed on to the buyers. The levy is in place "to compensate authors, performers and producers to some extent for the copying of copyright material for private use allowed under the law" [1]. [1] http://www.copyswede.se/in-english/activities-of-copyswede/the-private-copying-levy/ http://www.copyswede.se/in-english/activities-of-copyswede/t...