In a TSR radio show Nouvo, it was reported that Switzerland could follow the same irrelevant way than France regarding a extra tax applied for MP3 player. The SUISA claims that such a tax is required to compensate the lost in revenue due to the private copy; the problem being that nobody really knows how the tax will be redistributed. A tax already exist for media (CD : 5 eurocents, DVD : 40 eurocents).
The amazing thing in this story is that some Music Majors, especially SONY, are against this additional tax, claiming that this tax already exists and is included in the cost of music tracks bought from online music stores! So we would have 2 taxes for the same thing... The SUISA answers that it will also cover illegal downloading, but this would mean that any owner of a MP3 player is according to SUISA a pirate! Simply amazing!
It is obvious that one should find a way to help artists/musicians spoiled by pirates, but it should not be done by applying a "blind tax", as mentioned by the President of the SWICO (Zurich-located Technology Lobby).
If you speak french,
here is the link to this excellent radio show.
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