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VIRTUALISATION New York Governor seeks iPod tax
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| by David M Williams | |
| Sunday, 21 December 2008 | |
  
The Governor of New York, David Paterson, has proposed a 4% tax on music downloads as one of 137 new fees to be levied on New Yorkers in the 2009-10 budget. Featured Whitepaper
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The state has a present $US 15.4 billion budget gap which is being attributed to a drop in the revenue raised from high-earning Wall Street financiers. To make up the gap Governor Peterson wants legal downloaders of music to help cough up to the tune of an extra 4% on top of what they pay the iTunes Store and other providers. This charge will also cover e-books and other "digitally delivered entertainment services" which includes videos and photographs. The fee is contentious and is incurring the wrath of ordinary New Yorkers who resent the sting, although a precedent has been set with the state of New Jersey already imposing a similar charge. Some sources say the tax will give further impetus for home users to abandon music stores in favour of BitTorrent and other per-to-peer download sites. Other controversial and contentious taxes proposed include an 18% tax on non-diet fruit drinks with less than 7% natural fruit juice. |
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