Didou
Posts: 4,190 +11
Here's a very interesting site -> DigitalConsumer.org
Some of the measures Media companies are trying to get accepted by governments is just plain illegal !!!
In Europe, many law projects are in the verge of getting voted & every storage media will be taxed.
If they are voted, Hard drives might end up being 50$ more expensive. Worst thing is, the tax is calculated on the storage capacity which means, the more capacity, the bigger the tax. Let's say you buy a 40GB drive now for 110$ with a 50$ added for tax. A few years later, new 100GB drives appear & replace the 40GB on that price point, you get to add 100$ tax to it, making it 210$ rather then 160, & it'll keep going on like that ( prices are just an example ).
I'm amazed, they're not taxing Ram.
PS. I allready had a similar thread on the old forum -> This can't be right... (copy protected CD's so some of you know how I feel about such BS...
Some of the measures Media companies are trying to get accepted by governments is just plain illegal !!!
In Europe, many law projects are in the verge of getting voted & every storage media will be taxed.
If they are voted, Hard drives might end up being 50$ more expensive. Worst thing is, the tax is calculated on the storage capacity which means, the more capacity, the bigger the tax. Let's say you buy a 40GB drive now for 110$ with a 50$ added for tax. A few years later, new 100GB drives appear & replace the 40GB on that price point, you get to add 100$ tax to it, making it 210$ rather then 160, & it'll keep going on like that ( prices are just an example ).
I'm amazed, they're not taxing Ram.
PS. I allready had a similar thread on the old forum -> This can't be right... (copy protected CD's so some of you know how I feel about such BS...
.
