"Mueen Nawaz" <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote in message
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> somebody wrote:

> >> - the persons that trick parliaments into giving money to the industry
> >> (i.d. themselves) with moving stories about the artists not getting
> >> paid. While making sure that almost none of that money will reach the
> >> artists as that would make another round of free money impossible.
> >
> > they would not be able to do this if it were not for the freeloaders.
Hence

> They would also not be able to do this if not for politicians.
>
> I suppose you'd be OK with a tax on all printers, their accessories,
> and all paper because of book piracy?

I don't know how widespread that is, but if so, yes, such a levy might be
deemed necessary. Again, it would be undesirable of course, since legitimate
users would be put into the position of subsidizing pirates. That's why
legitimate users need to support motions for ISP filtering, prosecuting
uploaders as well as downloaders... etc, if they know what's good for them.

> How about just a general statewide tax for all the products that
> normally get pilfered in stores?

Law abiding customers already pay for that with their bills, in terms of the
cost of cameras, security personel and/or compensated pricing.

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