CDR: Re: Germans to tax PCs for Lars

[Craig Brozefsky]

Adam Langley <agl at linuxpower.org> writes:

> Is this really a bad thing? Music is becomming a public
> service. When author cannot control their works (as is happening
> now) the works basically become a public service - and the way
> public services are funded is by govt taxes.= If they stop trying
> (and failing) to control content and just use this - well it's not
> perfect - but it's better than a DMCA/UCITA world.

it is naive to think that this tax is going to stop them from pursuing
their UCITA/DMCA led efforts to completely control the works they
distribute in order to destroy "fair use" and reap as much money as
possible from consumers.  This tax is just icing on the cake for
them, a welcome revenue stream.



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Craig Brozefsky               <craig at red-bean.com>
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