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UK Proposes Broadband Expansion, Plus a Music and Film Tax

Posted by timothy on from the delicious-candy-with-a-sweet-poison-center dept.

Wowsers writes "First the tech illiterates in the UK government want to extend broadband internet connections to every home, whether it makes sense or not, then at the same time they propose a £20 per year (approx $29US) broadband tax which they claim will pay the record and film industries for their failed business models. Coincidence the two proposals are linked? And why should people be forced to pay for the failed film and music industries?"

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  1. Is this surprising? by DrEldarion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't the BBC almost entirely funded by taxing everyone in the UK with a TV? How is this any different?

    If that tax meant that I could download all the movies and music I wanted for free, I'd jump on that in an instant. I spend far more than that on legit music downloads in a year already.