The Auvibel copytax is not helping the artist, nor is it helping the consumer. The only ones who get the better of this are the digital rights management companies, which have forced this through undemocratic means.

On top of that it is a thorn in the flesh of any artist who support the refreshing online musicsharing movement.

We hereby declare we do not like the tax and we want an open discussion on this matter with artists and fans.

--This petition has been written in English once to have one clear statement for all languages in Belgium.