http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/ Engadget Comments for Swiss consumers facing tax on digital audio players 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/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/
@ engadget: there a typo in the tag for SwitzeraLnd]]>Jul 11th 2007 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 11th 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/
But yeah, sounds to me like an invitation to not buy but dl. After all with this tax, buying a player means paying for the music in advance now.]]>Jul 11th 2007 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/
Bah I just can't think of anything funny about this one. Someone else take up the torch here.]]>Jul 11th 2007 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/well another reason to download stuff then... hell this sort of stuff actually promotes piracy when you think about it. It's sad, but I don't feel like paying not only for the media, but also for my backup copy on my hd and my mp3 player. its just pathetic]]>Jul 11th 2007 2:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 11th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 11th 2007 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 11th 2007 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 11th 2007 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/
This sounds like an excellent system. Boy, I wish *I* could live in Socialist Europe.

Wait, no, I wish I could sell cheap American MP3 players to the Swiss at huge markups (but still for less than the cost of this insane "tax"). Yeah, that would rock.]]>Jul 11th 2007 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 11th 2007 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/]]>Jul 11th 2007 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/I wonder how strictly imports from USA and elsewhere are handled by Customs there.
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"It said Swiss consumers would get a raw deal and effectively be hit three times for authors' rights. On top of the new levy they pay a tax for downloading music from the internet and another one when they buy a blank CD.

However, Suisa and other associations responsible for administering authors' rights said the court decision allowed them to continue a system which they consider fair for consumers and artists."

^^^^^
It must be nice to feed the machine like that. "authors rights". Last I checked someone is paid for their work, not paid for nothing. The industry is so corrupt. It would be very interesting to know where all these slush funds are actually distributed. Not just in switzerland but worldwide.

I'm sure independent artists that challenge the mainstream craptacular will be getting paid...]]>Jul 11th 2007 8:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 12th 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/11/swiss-consumers-facing-tax-on-digital-audio-players/Jul 20th 2007 1:14PM