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Sweden to tax LAN parties?

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/03/2013 08:40 AM | source: | 7 comment(s)
Sweden to tax LAN parties?

In the category weird we noticed that Swedish authorities have decided to implement a tax for LAN parties. The tax will be levied by the Swedish Gambling Board, which argues that in the eyes of the law, there's no difference between a slot machine in a casino and a PC at a LAN party. Unless the decision gets reversed, small LAN parties with under 10 computers face a $400 tax, events with 11-25 computers can expect a $1,500 tax and large LAN parties with 26 or more computers can anticipate a whopping $5,000 tax.

Sweden is home to the world’s largest LAN party, Dreamhack, which will most certainly be impacted by the decision. The report from Fria Tider quoted Erik de Basso, accounting manager of Sweden’s Inferno Online LAN event, who said that he is “pissed” by the decision and said that it would cost his organization thousands. It is quite curious as to why Sweden is choosing to tax LAN parties in the same manner as slot machines.

It may very well be sheer ignorance, or it could be something deeper. Gambling is taxed as a way to compensate the government for repairing the societal ills it causes. You don’t have to be an anti-gambling zealot to see the mountain of evidence that points towards gambling, particularly video lottery terminals, as having an impact on labor productivity, substance abuse and personal indebtedness. Perhaps in the mind of Sweden’s political-class, legions of youth playing PC games have an equally negative impact. The same knee-jerk ‘all video games are bad for youth’ thinking that went in vogue after Columbine might still resonate in the halls of power in Sweden.

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Loophole35
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#4630230 Posted on: 08/01/2013 11:53 PM
First off yea just plug it into your main primary card.
Second the dvi-d cables you are using are probably single link not dual link just continue using display port as that's a better connection anyways.

wsarahan
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#4630232 Posted on: 08/01/2013 11:56 PM
First off yea just plug it into your main primary card.
Second the dvi-d cables you are using are probably single link not dual link just continue using display port as that's a better connection anyways.

Thanks

About the cable yeah it was a single link, my mistake :nerd:

About the video signal, even with the sli bridge off the second should not send video?

Thanks

Loophole35
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#4630242 Posted on: 08/02/2013 12:11 AM
Thanks

About the cable yeah it was a single link, my mistake :nerd:

About the video signal, even with the sli bridge off the second should not send video?

Thanks

I don't believe it should the only time it should is when using surround but all monitors must be plugged into the top card until surround is activated. Also could be in your BIOS your top card is set to be the display.

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#4630268 Posted on: 08/02/2013 12:43 AM
I don't believe it should the only time it should is when using surround but all monitors must be plugged into the top card until surround is activated. Also could be in your BIOS your top card is set to be the display.


Thanks

I'd like to be sure about the bottom card not send video even without the sli bridge but i don't have time and patiente to unplug the top one :)

wsarahan
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#4630347 Posted on: 08/02/2013 03:37 AM
So anyone knows if it`s 100% sure that even with the sli bridge the bottom card won`t send video when both cards are installed in the case?

Thanks

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