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Oletros
4128 days ago
I'm trying to understand what has to do the VAT class with anything Stallman has said
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venomsnake
4128 days ago
Lets say that a ruling that entitles consumers for the same right for digital book "services" as for physical would have been preferable.
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Oletros
4128 days ago
The ruling doesn't say anything about rights, just the type of VAT to be applied
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venomsnake
4128 days ago
Yes. But ruling in the opposite direction could be used as precedent for vendors to loosen the DRM licence crap.
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wvenable
4128 days ago
No this is the ruling that could be used as precedent for vendors to loosen the DRM license crap. If they want lower VAT for their products, they need to make e-books more like a good and less like a service.
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vertex-four
4128 days ago
No, it really couldn't. How something is taxed has little/nothing to do with what it actually is - tax people don't talk to copyright people.
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Oletros
4127 days ago
I can't understand how can it be done.
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