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Originally Posted by Alfy
That's not actually true everywhere. In France, for example, ebooks are covered by a higher VAT than paper books, because they are considered to be"digital media". I thus expect those French publishers to receive the same kind of levy you were talking about.
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French publishers may be different - I was only speaking to the Canadian case which is the one I'm familiar with. Having said that, it's important to note that the Canadian levy is separate from the GST (Canadian equivalent of VAT) and specifically earmarked to offset losses due to personal copying.
I'd be very chary of basing a defense on a higher tax rate unless there's a clear reference to the funds being earmarked to offset losses due to copying or downloading.