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Originally Posted by xg4bx
heres a crazy idea. how about instead of fiddling with things like SOPA or whatever how about adding a buck or 2 to your monthly internet bill that goes into some type of 'piracy recoupment' fund?
i know everybody doesn't pirate but i think a buck is worth keeping government/hollywood hands off the internet.
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Canada did that with digital media for awhile. There was an extra surcharge on CD-Rs, cassettes and minidiscs (and possibly MP3 players, but my memory is hazy), and the extra surcharge really did nothing for artists, who the cash was supposed to (but rarely did) go to.