11 Sep
2000
11 Sep
'00
8:27 a.m.
David Honig wrote:
on the ideological level, no. on the practical level - a lot. for example, you don't go to jail for not paying GEMA.
Then why do people pay?
because you can't "opt out" - blank tapes just cost $x - GEMA included. you can't buy any without. shop owners and others pay because they have much better things to do then spend their money on a lawsuit with no chance of winning.
Ultimately law is backed by violence.
and customs. (not the border kind) most people are simply used to following the law.