If they are software, then they aren't covered by the DMCA, are they? On 4/14/06, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > E-Books, Music file downloads etc. may soon be taxed in the US. > At least this doesn't affect anyone else. > ---------------------------- > "15 states and the District of Columbia currently tax online media, > with others eager to begin their own taxes. The RIAA estimates that > domestic sales totaled $503 million last year, but that figure doesn't > include movies, e-books, online video games and other forms of digital > media. Perhaps the most interesting point in this article is the way > states, looking to start taxing online media, are trying to use the > interpretation of previous law and apply it to digital media. In > Washington, politicians are using their definition of software > (already taxable), 'a set of coded instructions designed to cause a > computer...to perform a task,' to justify taxation of online media > because 'they cause some action by a piece of hardware to play them.'" > >
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