Thursday, September 19, 2013

You buy a new TV, you will pay tax on piracy? - Polish Radio

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Catherine Karas 19/09/2013

You buy a new TV, you will pay tax on piracy?

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Ministry of Culture and National Heritage is a bill that requires manufacturers of televisions, camcorders, cameras, computers and smartphones fee to the developers of 1-3 percent of the price. Project, the ZAiKS. So far, the fee is added to the price of tape recorders, cassette and CD players.

money are getting all the organizations representing authors, performers, writers and publishers. Currently, the payment of devices and media which goes to about 27 million per year. After the entry into force of the proposed ZAiKS this amount would increase by more than 300 million dollars.

authors of the initiative believe that the changes are necessary because the charges in Poland are much lower than in Western Europe, which limits the possibility of a fair compensation for the losses that artists incur by reason of piracy.
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