The government of the Russian Federation is considering a law on taxing clean DVDs and home appliances.

On Habré, it has already been written about the so-called Private copying levy (en: wikipedia), a tax on media. Interestingly, the argument “well, let's still ban discs” used by supporters of freedom of information in holivarah on the topic of copyright, usually had a strong weight. Well, here and jumped :

"... The Union of Cinematographers of Russia (UK), which came out in the spring with a proposal to introduce a fee from each blank DVD, now proposes to tax and household appliances. The corresponding bill, developed with the participation of the UK, is already being considered by the Russian government. But these contributions will not be collected the UK itself, and the new funds - the Cultural Development Fund and the Cinema Development Fund. The funds received will be distributed not only among cinematographers, but also between authors, performers of audiovisual works and their producers mi ... "