Download Taxes As a Weapon Against File-Sharing

An anonymous reader writes "An examination of a new "digital downloads" taxation law in Washington State suggests that files downloaded via file sharing programs may be covered by the law — meaning that you may be expected to pay taxes based on 'the value of the digital product ... determined by the retail selling price of a similar digital product.' Thus, if you were to download music or movies and not pay the taxes, would you be liable for tax evasion charges? How much do you want to bet the RIAA will push exactly that claim?"

Comments

Al Capone

[ArchieBunker]

agrees with this new tactic.

It's my money

[Haxzaw]

Maybe the Government would like to decide how much I need to live on, and keep the rest. Seems to be where they're going. Our Government is OUT OF CONTROL!

Re:It's my money

[geekoid]

Citation needed.

I doubt it met the same standards as an engineer designed and tested bridge.

"
Our government is only "out of control" "

Are you stupid or do you lack a fundamental understanding of
the government'?
There is not 'the government' . There are varies bodies/agency/bureaus etc . . . most of them almost all of the time perform there task just fine.
Occasionally something wrong happens, and even rares sometimes something goes monumentally wrong, but ONLY within a specific group of agencies, not every person in the government.

It's your country

[OutSourcingIsTreason]

It's your country.

It's your national defense.

It's your crumbling infrastructure.

It's your overcrowded classrooms.

It's your national debt.

Do your citizenly duty and pay your taxes or else leave.