Re: GNU/Linux taxed in Poland ?! (fwd)
On Wed 15 Nov 2000, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 01:08:59PM +0100, Marek Habersack wrote:
>
> > What's funny, is that when you run a shop and you play radio so that
> > customers can hear it - you should pay the same fee to ZAIKS what the
> > radio paid for broadcasting the songs! Sounds insane, but that's the
> > reality.
>
> same here in australia.
The *same* fee? So if you operate a broadcasting station that can reach
10 million people, you pay the same amount as a shop that has standing
capacity for 10 people?
> what's worse is that they still demand you pay even if the only music
> you play is your own material or licensed direct from the artists (who
> happen to be your friends). they assume that because you CAN play other
> material that you in fact are.
That's very similar to the Buma (http://www.buma.nl/uk/home.htm) here
in the Netherlands. They also wanted to levy a surcharge on the sale of
blank cdroms because as you can use them to duplicate audio cds, you
*will*. Very nice if e.g. you're trying to distribute debian cds.
However, that attempt fortunately died a silent death.
Paul Slootman
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