Those are good observations. My initial feeling about the story is that it really isn't that bad an idea. I do think that the tax is way too much however. The numbers stated in the article are close to what a HD runs by itself. If the tax were within reason, rather than punitively high I wouldn't really have a problem with it. Provided, of course, that the money really went to artists, and not the corporations that already scam the artists out of more money than any legion of pirates ever thought of doing. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
-Thomas Jefferson
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Those are good observations. My initial feeling about the story is that it really isn't that bad an idea. I do think that the tax is way too much however. The numbers stated in the article are close to what a HD runs by itself. If the tax were within reason, rather than punitively high I wouldn't really have a problem with it. Provided, of course, that the money really went to artists, and not the corporations that already scam the artists out of more money than any legion of pirates ever thought of doing. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." -Thomas Jefferson