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It is called the "thuiskopieer heffing" which is literally the "home copy tax". Making a non commercial copy of a copyrighted work at home (not distribute it) is absolutely legal in the Netherlands.

The fee is not about piracy at all, it's about legal home copies that are not distributed.



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