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🎂 The Pirate Bay Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary [TorrentFreak]
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It's similar in Germany and I guess most of Europe. For any device capable of copying copyrighted material the GEMA collects royalties because it could be used legal private copies. It's currently 0,30€ for USB sticks and 13€ for PC's. They even collect fees for devices like smartwatches and printers.
This fee is explicitly not for illegal distribution of copyrighted material but only for legal private copies. It's absurd.