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Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war
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Ben Pfaff |
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Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war |
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Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:03:03 -0000 |
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Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
> In gnu.misc.discuss Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu> wrote:
>> Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:
>>> How about approach 2A: allow free copying of music and films, but instead
>>> of paying artists out of taxes, they get paid by a levy on high speed
>>> internet lines. A levy of, say $50 a year, or $100 a year could provide
>>> handsome income to musicians and film-makers. There are obviously
>>> difficult practical issues to sort out, but given how badly copyright now
>>> misworks the levy would probably work better.
>
>> I don't download music or films (legally or illegally). Why
>> should I pay such a fee?
>
> To support your country's musicians and film makers.
I write free software in my spare time. Why not require ISP
users to pay a fee to support me, too? It wouldn't have to be a
lot of money per person, as long as everyone with an Internet
connection was required to pay me.
--
Ben Pfaff
http://benpfaff.org
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, (continued)
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war,
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- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, David Kastrup, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Hadron, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alan Mackenzie, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Alexander Terekhov, 2010/12/08
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Zoolook, 2010/12/09
- Re: Stallman calls for an end to file sharing war, Hadron, 2010/12/08