• stoy@lemmy.zip
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    9 days ago

    Swede here, quick correction, we don’t have piracy taxes here, the tax exists but is is a personal copy tax, to compensate artists from lack of income due to personal copies/backups.

    This is not a tax for piracy, which would be nice for consumers

    • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
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      9 days ago

      Yeah, you’re right but when was the last time a close friend of yours, or a family member, gave you a copy of their Blu-Ray movie?
      With all the DRM preventing us from making a private copy according to our lawful rights then why are we still forced to pay for the right?