Re: Self serve checkout
By: Ogg to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Dec 28 2023 06:43 pm
> Hello pF!
> pF> Not many people knew that blank CD-Rs had a kickback to
> pF> the recording industry. Every single one. They *assumed*
> pF> that CD-Rs would be used for pirating music, and so
> pF> lobbied the government to include a built-in tariff,
> pF> regardless of what you used them for. The manufacturer
> pF> pays the government and bakes the charge into the media.
> That tarrif was made widely known.
i'm pretty sure that tarrif was only for canada.
> I just have to wonder how the gov't can force a retailer to
> charge for the use of a bag.
people can just decide to ignore them.
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