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Originally Posted by Mike L
I didn't suggest the law itself would specifically mention ebooks - or any other medium. It's much more likely that it will be phrased in general terms, to cover "consumer digital products" or something equally generic. The aim would be to cover both current products and any new media that comes along.
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That's generally the way that these things work. Eg, the reason we pay VAT on eBooks is the broad wording of the EU's "e-commerce VAT directive", which states that VAT is payable on all digital downloads. It was originally put in place to cover music downloads; eBooks got caught up in it accidentally.