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Originally Posted by tompe
Money goes back to an organization that gives money to artists and creators. It is like an extra tax on memory and disk. How the money is distributed I do not know the details of.
And, yes it exists. For example in Sweden and I believe in France but probably also in other countries.
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And it is an extremely unfair system. You have to pay the surcharge even for media you don't use to store copyrighted information AND instead of users/readers some government bureaucrats decide how the funds will be distributed. Just what we need, more public servants. No thanks! I prefer to directly support those who write/publish the books I want to read.