While digital portable music players and HDD recorders face new levies, personal computers and mobile phone handsets designed for general purposes will be exempted, even if they contain recording functions, according to the plan.
The specific rates for the royalties will be determined through deliberations between the agency, copyright management groups and the manufacturers.
They are expected to be several hundred yen for each device, totaling several billion yen a year for the makers.
At Thursday's meeting, representatives of the manufacturers are expected to voice opposition to the plan because they do not think they can pass on the additional costs to consumers.
More about the proposal. Thanks _akira_
Doesn't seem like a bad idea, although its kind of like putting a big band-aid on a larger issue. While it would frustrate me to see these devices get even more expensive, it would be glad to know that no one's going to knock on my door and try to sue me.
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i'd enjoy getting sued.
I wouldn't take it sitting down.
so ser!
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