Copyright Organization Copyswede to start charging a fee for more kinds of consumer electronics with a hard drive in. This means that gaming consoles and tablets with more than two gigabytes of storage space will be able to cost up to 80 dollars extra.
Each built gigabyte is supposed to cost a penny up to a ceiling of 80 crowns. The fee is added at the dealers that in turn may determine if they cut down on their profits or take out an extra penny of the person buying the console. The fee is supposed to be introduced on September 1 this year.
“ These are computers with built-in memory, resolve internal hard drives, tablets and game consoles with built-in memory. Today we direct a claim to importers and retailers with a request for accounting for resale as of September 1, 2013 , “writes Copyswede on his site.
previous association takes out a similar charge for including external hard drives and USB flash drives. The purpose of the fee is as Copyswede to compensate authors for movies, games and music for private copying – ie when you digitally copy a song or the like to a friend or family member, something that is perfectly legal.
charging scheme called cassette tapes and tax was introduced in the eighties. In a press release pronounce the organization ElektronikBranschen strongly negative towards charging for more products.
“ No one questions the author’s right to be paid for their work. But by yesterday’s tapes tax penalty taxing new technology where the young generation is the largest consumer group, is absolutely the wrong way to go ,” said Electronics Industry CEO Klas Elm in a press release. They believe that one should instead develop a new system for compensating artists.
Do you think it is right to charge such a fee for game consoles and tablets?
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