Comments on: Trent Reznor on ISP tax

By: Hellen

Hellen — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:04:36 +0000

Eh, he’s just pissed off that more people didn’t want to pay for that horrible rap album he produced.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:47:47 +0000

One good way for people to really get fedup and burn the envelope, is to keep pushing it down their throats.
Much of the reasons for the ‘nay’ wore already mentined, so I won’t go over them.

By: pablo

pablo — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:01:21 +0000

An ISP tax would mean admitting we’re music thieves.

By: richmond

richmond — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:51:32 +0000

QUOTE;
Eric Says:
January 28th, 2008 at 10:53 pm

Well, what if I DONâT want to download any music? (Especially if they should only offer DRMâ¦) Why should I thus be made to suffer the tax then? No taxation without representation

they would NOT make the music available at all because they would still try to push there old business model of cell CDS or DRM “product” Because the TAX would be only in ONE or a few countries not the whole world

By: richmond

richmond — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:47:37 +0000

lets do the math $5 to criaa + 5 to to mpaa +5 to the publishers of books + $5 to news papers / Mags + software designers will pipe in and claim more then a fiver (microsoft + novel + apple in the same room!)
$25 + B4 the ISPS get a cent and because of NO net neutrality they will block there download / bandwidth ETC
second who gets the cash to hand out to the “artists” ?

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:53:46 +0000

Well, what if I DON’T want to download any music? (Especially if they should only offer DRM…) Why should I thus be made to suffer the tax then? No taxation without representation!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:42:23 +0000

the deceased may get sued but they are hardly terroized. even the music industry doesn’t have that much clout!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:07:53 +0000

Still, it’s a much nicer alternative than seeing 12-year-olds, college students, single mothers, people with disabilities, the elderly, and even the deceased get terrorized by the music industry.

By: Jay

Jay — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:29:42 +0000

Im not in favor of any isp tax or anything like levies on cds, dvds, mp3s etc. although the levy on cds means its legal to download in Canada, it punishes people who pay for music and burn it on cds. They are paying twice. I also know several bands that still pay the levy and they are putting their own music on the cd.

In the end some people just dont want to pay for some stuff. even if you could download a movie for a buck legally or free illegally. People are still going to grab the free one.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:36:32 +0000

The reasons why this would not work:

(1) The record companies would never agree to it. It’s one step closer to cutting out the middle man (them).
(2) Logistical nightmare of determining who gets what and when.
(3) That’s all good and well for the music industry, but what about all the others? By this I mean, artists, writers, film makers.
Artificially supporting only the one industry would be seen as prejudiced.
(4) Why should the public be responsible for guaranteeing the survival of privately run record companies? The rhetoric about trying to protect the artists is a specious campaign to divert our attention from the real truth, which is that most artists make there money from touring / concerts, as they have for hundreds of years.

We seem to forget that artists managed fine long before the invention of copyright law. And considering most of the copyrights are owned by the record companies, it’s clear their agenda isn’t the protection of the artists, but for themselves.

They already have a stranglehold on government decision making. Isn’t it time we said farewell to the record companies and copyright law?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:11:45 +0000

I would love an opt in flat fee to legally download all i want of any music and scrap the blank media levy in exchange. Opt in your safe, don’t opt in and get caught you pay a fine.