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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. Fix the original problem by pev · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, that's good, but lets address the original problem - roads have been used for smuggling for many years so lets tax billboard advertisers for the losses incurred by overland smuggling. Petition your local lawmaker NOW!

  2. Re:The old Motto: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I run an ad company that might be minuscule compared to google/yahoo, but does serve text ads worldwide, with web front-ends in America and UK.

    Our office, back-end and banking are in Asia. Why would I give France the time of day?