On 9-5-2009 17:54, Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>>   Oh, and get this: Even if you pay the tax in question, it will 
>> nevertheless
>> *still* be illegal to download eg. episodes of a TV show from the 
>> internet
> 
> Well,that's rather awful.  I read a study somewhere that estimated if 
> everyone in the USA paid $5/month, it would cover all the costs of the 
> music industry. I.e., that it wouldn't be unreasonable at all to get rid 
> of copyright and pay for music with a universal tax.  (Whether that's 
> good or not is of course debatable.)  I also don't think it covered the 
> movie industry, which would seem to have a different economic model.
> 
Wouldn't that mean that they get money no matter if they produced 
anything worthwhile?

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