You and some other commenters miss the point completely. Now the "rights holders" will have right to tax every storage medium you buy. n% of what you pay for y

You and some other commenters miss the point completely. Now the "rights holders" will have right to tax every storage medium you buy. n% of what you pay for your HDD goes to them. (And I don't know who is that, since everybody I lisen to won't get a cent)