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Posted by name on 10/18/61 11:35
pooter schreef:
> kim [ntscuser@aol.com] said
> > "pooter" <a@bff.com> wrote in message
> > news:MPG.1e16727dc85c7c7298a305@nntp.dsl.pipex.com...
> > > http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds27581.html
> >
> > The version I read was that France has abandoned proposals to make file
> > sharing software illegal. That is a long way from making the use of it to
> > share copyrighted material legal.
>
> This story, dated 23 dec 2005, would seem to disagree.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/article/ds27581.html
I like the idea of an internet information tax. Just raise the cost of
an internet connection based on the amount of data you download
(uploading being free). Everybody should be free to exchange software,
music, movies, books, etc.. and the government could sample the
downloads on a statistical basis to determine how the collected tax
money should be distributed among the creators of original content to
ensure people are financially compensated for their creative efforts in
a fair and reliable way.
This is already happening in various countries with a levy added to the
price of blank media to compensate for copyright infringement,
effectively legalizing (or regulating) copyright infringement.
What is desperately needed is a reasonable system to compensate people
who create things instead of the fascist recording industry exploiting
and prostituting artists any way they see fit and stifling
technological innovation by insisting on imposing their outdated
economic models on new forms of information communication technology.
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