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French organization wants to tax media giants like Facebook, YouTube

article published on 29 December, 2013

French independent broadcasting authority, the Superior Council of Audiovisual, says it wants to tax all media companies so they can contribute to financing French culture. Because sites like Facecbook, YouTube and DailyMotion "fall into the same category as video-on-demand services," they should be subject to French cultural protection laws that include taking a portion of revenue from ... [ read the full article ]

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dEwMe
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_ 		30. December 2013 @ 08:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
LOL the French are pretty full of themselves. Turn off these services for a few days and they'll change their tune.

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Just my $0.02,

dEwMe
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