Doesn't sound good for you dutchies!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/27/netherlands_ipod_tax/ (or Slashdot posts)
For every GB of capacity an ipod/mp3 player has, there will be a tax of €3.28. So for a 20 or 40GB ipod, thats an extra €65 or €131 respectively that will be going straight to the music labels to make them even wealthier.
Personally I would be furious if this was passed in the UK, and I expect it to do so now that NL has set the scene for taxing data storage.
Maybe the way to get around it, is to sell an MP3 player without any storage (so 0 GBs of space) and then purchase the hard disk or solid state media seperately. Either way it sucks that you guys will have to pay for the priviledge of music twice if you buy it legally.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/27/netherlands_ipod_tax/ (or Slashdot posts)
For every GB of capacity an ipod/mp3 player has, there will be a tax of €3.28. So for a 20 or 40GB ipod, thats an extra €65 or €131 respectively that will be going straight to the music labels to make them even wealthier.
Personally I would be furious if this was passed in the UK, and I expect it to do so now that NL has set the scene for taxing data storage.
Maybe the way to get around it, is to sell an MP3 player without any storage (so 0 GBs of space) and then purchase the hard disk or solid state media seperately. Either way it sucks that you guys will have to pay for the priviledge of music twice if you buy it legally.