well, in denmark we pay a license to be able to watch the national tv, and listen to national radio stations, but they did decide that it now had to be a media license, because it was possible to listen to them online, and see different programmes online, so now if you have a computer, but no tv, or, a multimedia phone, you will have to pay what equals to 210 pounds a year. talk about stupid laws.
Fabian On Jan 25, 2008 12:43 AM, Richard Reichenbacher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No direspect or anything but that's probably the dumbest tax I've ever > heard of. > > > On Jan 24, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Steven Le Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:19:46 +0100, "Alexey Feldgendler" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:07:23 +0100, Steven Le Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> wrote: > >> > >>> France is about to taxe smartphone which provide 3 features : > >>> > >>> - At least 128mo internal memory (neo will have 256) > >>> - at least one touch/key dedicated to audio playing (what about a > >>> touchscreen ?) > >>> - mp3 or video playing > >> > >> Neo doesn't have keys dedicated to anything except turning it on > >> and off. > >> A touch screen is a versatile controller with areas assigned to > >> different > >> features at different times, with no part of it being dedicated to > >> anything in particular. So it cannot be said that Neo has a control > >> dedicated to audio playing. > >> > > They are discussing about conditions and taxe for less than these 3 > > cases (for example only mp3 playing hability) > > > > And the screentouch case is the same for iphone I think... and > > iphone is clearly taxed for them. > > > >> > >> -- > >> Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenMoko community mailing list > >> community@lists.openmoko.org > >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > -- > > Steven Le Roux > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > xmpp:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenMoko community mailing list > > community@lists.openmoko.org > > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- Mvh Fabian Olesen ---- If it moves, compile it.
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