Just got back from a long weekend conference. Am sorry I missed most of the buildup of this thread; it's been hilarious.
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Originally Posted by Charbax
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And of course, Warner Music is 100% correct about this. After all, they know *everything* about the music industry... if they think it's the only viable solution, that must be true. Any solution that would result in Warner Music being put out of business would, of course, be "unviable."
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so that the Google Subscription plan should work across the whole Internet and through other providers.
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Which country should make this law? What should the countries who make this law, do to countries who refuse to go along with it? How will they restrict access to this data from countries who refuse to pay a "fair share" of this tax?
What happens to authors who do not wish their works to be distributed world-wide? Oh, and what about works that are illegal in some countries but not others--can those countries opt out for paying for access to those works? What about language issues--can countries decide to only pay for the percentage of works that are available in languages commonly readable by their citizens?
What about countries where only 10% of the populace has internet at all--why should people w/o access to Google books bother paying for them, or why should 100% of the taxpaying public subsidize the 10% of them who'll have use of the services? Unlike the US, where the majority of public schools have computers & internet and therefore a nationwide "tax for artistic works online" makes some sense as part of national education, in many countries, a "tax for online artistic works" turns into "poor people pay so rich people get more entertainment."