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France Considers 'Pirate Tax' For Online Ads

Posted by samzenpus on from the somone-has-to-pay dept.

angry tapir writes "A report commissioned by the French Minister of Culture, Frédéric Mitterrand, urges the introduction of a tax on online advertising such as that carried by Google, which would be used to pay the creators of artistic and other works that lose out to online piracy."

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  1. still not enough by chichilalescu · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sincerely believe that they should tax mp3 players more, because we all know people use them to listen to stolen music. And they should tax headphones more. And they should tax trains and buses and the subway, because that's where people use mp3 players. And I think the best way to handle it would be to tax all people who are not deaf, because they can hear music. Also, deaf people who can read, because some books talk about music, and you never know.

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  2. great idea by cyborch · · Score: 5, Funny



    Make companies who actually make money online pay for those companies which do not understand how to make money online...

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  3. Adblocking... by SharpFang · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...will be a crime of tax evasion.

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  4. Re:The old Motto: by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have a better idea. Impose a tax on undertakers because murder causes enormous harm and economic loss to society.

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  5. Re:The old Motto: by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    I use CD Arrs for pirated stuff.

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