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Originally Posted by tirsales
Oh well ... I like this tax. Once upon a time it was legal to copy a CD, DVD or something for private use. License holders wanted to get money for this - so there was charges added on every burner, copying machine, etc
But nowadays it is illegal to make private copys - so why still pay this charge?
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the arguments i have heard against this tax is that it is indiscriminate and therefore unfair ; it assumes that you are buying blank media in order to copy someone else's (copyright protected) work, and therefore charges compensation ; but what if you are only using it for *your* *own* work ? why should you be taxed to archive your own files ? i think it was the assumption of guilt rather than the tax itself which caused controversy.