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.

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   There's no CD like OCD, there's no CD I knoooow!

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