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No new media tax!!

No new media tax!!

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Started by Anonymous 17 years, 1 month ago
A large number of (older) Dutch musicians and actors have offered a petition to the Dutch officials, asking for a special tax on mp3-players and hard disc recorders. They are of course, against downloading, and think they can use old media rules to earn money on their copyrighted materials. It's time that new, modern artists sign a petition against taxes on new media and make a statement about the positive effects of peer2peer and use of modern media and media carriers.

Updates

June 25, 2009

The scale of this feedback indicates that our stance against the proposed tax is gaining traction with key policy influencers. I am currently drafting a formal response to be delivered to the ministry to ensure our arguments on modern media distribution are formally recorded.

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Bram Rogers
17 years ago Featured

modern tech isnt the enemy. adapt or lose your audience simple as that.

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Daan Jensen
17 years ago Featured

My hard drive is for my own stuff and photos not just copyrighted junk. Why am I paying extra for that? Total nonsense.

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Sophie Mendoza
17 years ago Featured

so stupid to punish the fans. downloading is how we find new music these days. leave my ipod alone

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Mark Werner
17 years ago Featured

Ridiculous cash grab. They just want to keep living in the 80s while the rest of us move on. NO TAX.

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Jeroen Tate
17 years ago Featured

This is ridiculous. Technology moves forward whether these old dinosaurs like it or not. Stop trying to tax our gadgets!

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Kim Gibson
17 years ago Featured

KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY WALLET. If their music was actually good people would buy it lol.

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