Comment by Mark Saleski

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:27:52 EST

i'd have to agree with hal here. i object to being taxed for something i'm not using. on the other hand, i thought it was a bad idea to put a tax on blank cassette tapes...because i truly believe that the tapes that i made exposed me to a lot of music...and that i ended up buying more records as a result. but this argument is always ignored.

Comment by Hal Pawluk

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:29:21 EST

"Griffin expressed his clear preference for voluntary negotiations, advocating charges to be imposed on the 'gatekeepers' to digital music - the ISPs, telcos and high-speed mobile companies - rather than putting levies on hardware." Since I never download music, I don't see why I should pay more for my Internet use to support those who do. I would rather see the British TV system applied to downloaded music: license MP3 players and send the fees to the RIAA to distribute to the artists and copyright owners. But seriously, neither approach makes much sense. A surcharge on all users to support a special group is not a great idea. Let's keep thinking. The "utopiana" riff sounds nice, but is wishful thinking with little if any connection to reality: "It leaves us in a better place, one where access to art and knowledge are not conditioned on the size of your wallet, or worse still, the ... [more along the same lines]"

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