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Tokyo (Japan) – The Japanese government has proposed a new tax on iPods and other digital music players. The so-called Copyright Tax would add approximately $1 per device and the estimated $9.5 million annual proceeds would be distributed to recording companies and artists. In Japan, Minidisk and DVD players are also subject to a Copyright tax and it seems the law makers are just trying to level the playing field.
A similar proposal was floated in Japan in December 2005, but was quickly shot down. Read more … International Herald Tribune.
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