On Aug 15, 2007, at 11:49 PM, Gautam John wrote:
On 8/16/07, Jeff Bone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Then they'll use the lobby influence to
try to get a tax on all such equipment, media, etc... at which
point, if it flies, we'll probably have arrived at about the best
practical outcome.
If this blanket tax is an implied license to download music, videos
et.al. then it might even be an interesting proposal. But of course,
there'll never be a consensus on either the quantum of such tax, the
point of impact of such tax etc. And what do you do with people who
have no interest in 'pirating' (the word will be a moot point in such
a system) content? How do they opt out and how would it be enforced?
There's no opt-out, and I suspect that the consensus is less
difficult than might be expected. There's an existence proof that
this works: the tax on media / devices e.g. VHS...
jb
