no conspiracy..what do you think of this? net tax

[igiyf]

British legislators are floating a package of proposals to deal with the problem of illegal downloads, including one that would levy an annual charge of up to £30 ($59) for Internet users to cover illegal downloading, according to The Independent. The recording industry estimates a loss of £1 billion over the next five years in the UK because of illegal downloads. In the U.S., similar ideas have been proposed as well.

the annual charge proposal would cover any illegal downloads, but the music industry would have to seriously underestimate what consumers spend on downloads to justify the annual fee. Why would those who regularly pay for music downloads continue to pay if they were going to be taxed whether they have illegal downloads or not

https://www.thestandard.com/news/2008/07/24/uk-proposing-music-tax-cover-illegal-downloads-or-worse

i would pay it..if the net stays the same

[Hetzer]

If the greedy scum charged a fair price it wouldn't be nearly as much of problem. I pay for my MP3 downloads, 9p a shot from some russian site. 79p from i-Tunes? Kiss my fvcking arse.
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[SoND]

It'll never happen, completely unjustifiable, we won't stand for it.

The filthy rich trying to fuck over the common man? Unheard of! Put your tinfoil hats back on and piss off.



Just getting the ball rolling.... If anyone wants to firebomb lots of major media stores I wouldn't mind, might cost them some real money.
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[Hetzer]

[Nufkamp]

This will never happen. If you are being charged a levy to cover illegal downloads then what the hell incentive have you got to keep legal? All that will happen is people will see it as a licence to download via P2P or whatever and every bugger will end up 'stealing music'.

Bring it on
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[Kwaks]

To start charging for illegal downloads would simply legalise it.
Never gonna happen
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Pretty much the same thing has happened in the past in some countries with a levy on cassette tapes to cover copying.

All the best

Keith
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[Itchy]

No no no , you are thinking of the wrong thing , Ivan Lewis local low life MP has suggested we bring back super tax that is the 98% tax people used to pay on income...

What he really means is that we want to increase income tax , therefore the tax limit proposed is 250K , but it'll get lowered to about 50K (55%) you can bet on that (taxes go up 11% next year btw its very hard to spot). As a 98% tax on wealthy means they would leave or avoid it...
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[Ste]

Those really cheap russian download sites are no more legal than just downloading for free from torrents or where ever else.

I'd have no problem with paying a reasonable amount like £30 each year to make illegal downloading no longer be illegal. 10,000+ MP3's here, I think I'd get value for money if it all became legal for £30 per year.

[Kickstart]

[Skudd]

I buy CDs.
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[SoND]

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[powelly]

In theory Im all for this, well I would be if it was done right.

There was some research done in Canada, and they worked out that if every adult paid $2 a week extra in tax that was distributed to the record and movie companies that all online media could be free.

When you look at it that way id happily pay a couple of quid a week to me able to legally download any song or movie.
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[iooi]

[aaronb74]

[aaronb74]

[powelly]

[Cigaro]

I wouldn't mind that.

£30 a year to download whatever I like, without fear of prosecution?

Excellent.

[iooi]

[powelly]

[Skudd]