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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeWn3Sso2RE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeWn3Sso2RE It's amazing that this South Park clip just gets more and more true eve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeWn3Sso2RE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeWn3Sso2RE It's amazing that this South Park clip just gets more and more true every year. "Canada wants more money! Other countries get lots of money, we want some of that money. How about the Internet? Internet makes lots of money!"

Rinzler89 2y ago
Same with some EU countries. They're full of parasite mafia-like organizations that have been given power by the state to just rent seek. In Austria there's a tax on all devices with built-in storage, from phones to blank DVDs and external HDDs, because the association of movies and music IP holders claim digital storage is used to store pirated content so it's their way of clawing back revenue lost to piracy. You can't make this up. That South Park skit is spot on for this country. I think there's similar taxes in other countries too.
- bags43 2y ago
  What is german word for this tax?
  - Rinzler89 2y ago
    Different names in every German speaking country https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauschalabgabe https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauschalabgabe
- jmholla 2y ago
  Sounds like it's should be legal to pirats theb since you already paid for it.
  - JackSlateur 2y ago
    Correct In France, for every storage devices (USB stick included), for every smartphone (which has storage), even for GPS (related .. god knows how) : you pay a tax. Because of said device, you could store a file "shared" by somebody else (that is, a file you did not pay for). You MUST pay the tax. As such, I consider my right to store files "shared" by somebody else. I paid for it, ffs.
- JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 2y ago
  We have the same law in France. They even tried to tax refurbished phones and computers (which were already taxed) but someone told them to fuck off on that kind of item.
- FMecha 2y ago
  Didn't Brazil have a similar law for gaming devices due to how their gambling laws worked?

Rinzler89 2y ago

Same with some EU countries. They're full of parasite mafia-like organizations that have been given power by the state to just rent seek. In Austria there's a tax on all devices with built-in storage, from phones to blank DVDs and external HDDs, because the association of movies and music IP holders claim digital storage is used to store pirated content so it's their way of clawing back revenue lost to piracy. You can't make this up. That South Park skit is spot on for this country. I think there's similar taxes in other countries too.

bags43 2y ago
What is german word for this tax?
- Rinzler89 2y ago
  Different names in every German speaking country https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauschalabgabe https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauschalabgabe
jmholla 2y ago
Sounds like it's should be legal to pirats theb since you already paid for it.
- JackSlateur 2y ago
  Correct In France, for every storage devices (USB stick included), for every smartphone (which has storage), even for GPS (related .. god knows how) : you pay a tax. Because of said device, you could store a file "shared" by somebody else (that is, a file you did not pay for). You MUST pay the tax. As such, I consider my right to store files "shared" by somebody else. I paid for it, ffs.
JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B 2y ago
We have the same law in France. They even tried to tax refurbished phones and computers (which were already taxed) but someone told them to fuck off on that kind of item.
FMecha 2y ago
Didn't Brazil have a similar law for gaming devices due to how their gambling laws worked?