ipodが税金の対象に

オランダでipodを含めたmp3プレイヤーに対して1ギガバイトごとに3.28ユーロの税金がかかることになりそうだ。日本でも権利者団体がipodから金を取ろうとしている。

"The Register is reporting that in a few short months a proposal to tax all MP3 players in the Netherlands will become law. The levy taxes 3.28 euros ($4.30 US) for every gigabyte of capacity. This means a 60GB iPod Photo will be hit for an additional 196 euros ($258), all of it going to the record industry's copyright collection agencies. And they call file sharers thieves?"

http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/04/29/0537213.shtml?tid=176&tid=98
http://www.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle/articles/0504/28/news097.html