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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Here is another idea that might come to Europe at some time in the near future (since they already have to pay a surcharge on all storage media that is then distributed to the media companies -- you have to pay even when you just buy a DVD to store business/personal files!). A huge surcharge on all internet connections. And then everybody will be legally free to just download whatever they want. And society pays. Someone always does. At the moment it is those of us who pay for content.
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If the money generated was used to pay government grants to creators of music, books, etc to cover their living expenses, I would be in favour of that. If, as I suspect, it was just given to big businesses to prop them up, I would be against it. If I want to download Astronauts or Dog on a Rope mp3s I don't see why my contribution should go to Warner Bros while the bands I want to support get nothing.