France is preparing to tax smartphones, tablets and all other internet-linked devices to help fund the production of French art, films and music.
The proposal was made in a government-commissioned report that was broadly endorsed by President François Hollande’s socialist administration.
In a trenchant defence of France’s “exception culturelle” in the digital age, the report proposed imposing a tax of up to 4 per cent on the sale of all devices, including gaming consoles and e-readers, that allow access via the internet to “cultural content”.
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