The iPod Tax?
Japan’s recording industry wants a special royalty fee for every digital music player sold here, and some politicians seem to support them:
The Japanese government will propose this week a plan to charge copyright royalties on sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, as well as on digital hard disk recorders, a major daily newspaper reported Tuesday.
The Agency of Cultural Affairs has not yet decided the amount of the fee, but it would likely be around 100 yen per device for an annual total about 1 billion yen. The proceeds would go to recording companies, songwriters and artists.
Older devices, such as minidisk and DVD recorders, are already subject to a copyright fee.
Do you support this proposal?
