http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/ Engadget Comments for Dutch iPod tax could squash digital audio player industry http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
Better call it DAPTAX. Stichting Thuiskopie is a farce.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
I don't pirate music or movies now, but if such a measure passed in the U.S., I'd immediately start doing so with prejudice.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
If I am guilty, PROVE IT (innocent until proven guilty and all that). Until then, stay the heck out of my wallet.

This is insane by anybody's standards. And doesn't the iTunes store launch for the Scandanvian countries this week?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
14 cents on a CDr, 60 cents on a DVDr- and 40 cents on a DVDr+ [the government thinks its harder to copy with these]

I just order mine from Germany, shipping is cheaper than paying extra taxes.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
http://www.geekBlue.net]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/, DV, MiniDV, NVRAM, Zip Disks, shall I go on?

I wonder who gets all that tax money?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
Fishes,
narco.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/but like most ppl already said.. buy in germany ;) to bypass these stupid tax laws.. it's the EU ppl.. no import costs in the EU :D]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
This will destroy their retail electronics industry. I can't belive a country would shoot itself in the foot this bad

At least the EU is there to help the poor consumers of the netherlands find everyday low low prices abroad]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/i hope the eu gets involved, but i think this must be reported incorrectly - theres no way a business will pay those prices. is the law for home users only? and only for individual hard drives and not drives already in a box? how about data centers with tons and tons of storage...if they did this, and then lowered prices on games/dvds/music cds, it would make sense. correct me if im wrong, but the did lwoer music cd prices because of the cdr tax, right? i heard something about that. so give me 5$ cds and 7$ dvds, free cable tv, and 2$ movie tickets...with lower costs there would be less piracy (in addition to the more expensive media) and they would make back the amount they think theyre losing via piracy with the tax.
$4.30 is steep, though..is that USD?
once again, all you need to do is buy your music/dvds from a local used record shop. the money goes back to your city/state/country and the record companies get fucked. plus they often feature local artists which is 'a good thing' :p]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
But seriously, why not just walk across the border and pick up a drive there?]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
You're the one who sounds like a junior-college educated dumbass. If you're going to yell at someone else for "sounding dumb" when they're just stating quite a simple opinion, then put the effort into your post to make sure you don't sound dumb. How can you tell Jay to "stay the fuck out of politics" when you admit yourself that you "dont [sic] know how its [sic] done in europe"? You say that you don't talk about stuff that you don't understand, then do you talk much?

If you clicked the link and actually read the article, you would see that, yes, $4.30 is in USD.

Concerning your comment about purchasing from local used record stores: where do you think these "used" records were purchased from originally? The music industry will still profit from new cd sales because new releases don't just magically show up in used record stores. This idea might work great if one copy of a cd was purchased new, then everyone in the country sold and bought that single copy from a used record store, effectively sharing that copy amongst a nation of millions - right.

So, just so you know, you are the one who sounds stupid.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
This is just one example of the ineptitude of socialism. While a government has a right to tax its people, it shouldn't tax its people to death. In many of these socialist countries, it's not uncommon to surrender 50% or more of one's salary to the government. Clearly, this tax is just another instance of this insanity.

$4.30 USD per unit of storage? This is highway robbery, and I agree with those above, I would boycott with impunity and buy my goods in Germany. That's capitalism at work.

No one is entitled to my money nor anyone else's. If the Dutch lobbyists and government were really interested in the "welfare" of its people, they wouldn't treat them like children.

Down with socialism! Long live free trade!]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/
The Netherlands is a capitalist, free trade country that provides it population with a couple of social services like affordable healthcare, quality public education and transportation, decent living standards for unemployed, sick and elderly people, and this is paid for by taxes indeed. However to keep the country's economy competitive, the 'social' breaks have become less and less.

The tax climate in NL is actually quite liberal - if not, national corporate flagships like Shell, Philips Electronics and Unilever would have long left for Luxemburg or somewhere else. In fact, many a Japanese or US corporation choosing their EU HQ picks The Netherlands for its mild tax climate.

Regardless of all of this, our government is retarded when it comes to IT, innovation and anything related and therefore take an insane decision like this. I will use the free trade that we have here in Europe to buy my stuff abroad, we don't need special privileges from Stalin for that.]]>Dec 19th 2005 1:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/28/dutch-ipod-tax-could-squash-digital-audio-player-industry/Dec 19th 2005 1:20AM