june gloom on 30/1/2009 at 01:06
That's disgusting.
doctorfrog on 30/1/2009 at 01:16
First line from article, the very least that should have been in the OP:
Quote:
An additional charge for broadband use will be proposed by ministers today as part of a plan to stamp out music and film piracy.
Also, from a commenter, a certain John of York, who for some reason, I can only picture as typing this in a full set of armour:
Quote:
I'm already forced to pay the BBC for TV and radio programmes I don't want just because I own a TV set. Now I will have to pay the music industry for music I don't want just because I have a broadband connection to the Internet. Great.
demagogue on 30/1/2009 at 02:35
Why not just charge us for the air we breathe?
Music travels through that too.
Muzman on 30/1/2009 at 02:50
I thought it was going to be some new development in Britain's drive to acheive full employment via the watching and maintaining of all the video cameras.
This is pretty tame guys. You know there's already a piracy 'tax' on blank media right? Same thing here.
Fafhrd on 30/1/2009 at 04:07
We don't have none of your hippy commie piracy "taxes" here, and we don' wan' no part of 'em!
And so long as it gives us an excuse to point at other countries and go 'SEE! It starts with socialized healthcare and education, and then you get $20 a year added to your internets for no reason!' we're happy.
Muzman on 30/1/2009 at 04:52
Wikums thinks (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_copying_levy#United_States) you do, not that it really matters, but it's very limited (to the point of not doing anything at all, just about. Unless those special brightly coloured CDs were big back in the day). So there's that.
But they are a weak and servile people who put down their guns for more 'safety' so it should come as no surprise theirs is worse.
fett on 30/1/2009 at 06:19
My piracy of copyrighted music just increased 8.3% as a result of that article. And I live in Arkansas.
june gloom on 30/1/2009 at 06:28
I just went out and downloaded an album the RIAA might actually care about as a result of that article.
