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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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