WIRE โ€” Namibia's draft copyright and related rights protection bill proposes a major change in how local artists are compensated. The government wants to create a safety net for creators by introducing a levy on physical equipment and services used to copy data, including phones, laptops, memory sticks and copy shops. This is the stage at which The post Taxing Hard Drives, Sparing the Net appeared first on The Namibian.

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