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POPSThe Music Industry’s Last Stand Will Be A Music Tax The article (please read it all before you comment), basically states the idea of putting a $5-10 tax on all ISP Monthly bills. This tax would then allow you to download all the music, etc you want, DRM free without the fear of reprisals from the industry. The writer of the article seems to think this is a bad idea, however, IMO its a great idea. I know that not everyone downloads content illegally, but at least here in Canada, we all pay taxes for things we don't use or rarely use. many Canadians never get really sick or visit doctors, etc, yet they still pay taxes. Many Canadians work all their lives and never worry about being un employed, but we still pay "Employment Insurance" taxes. So maybe it would work here in Canada, and not in the US? Well, we will be better for it. Besides, what's $5 on a $80 cable & internet bill? Barely noticeable. (continued...)
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POPSCanadians soon to pay taxes on legal music downloads Yes.. so let's punish the people who are legally downloading our content.. that'll make them want to continue to do so... You know what? Forget it. I'm going back to pirating my music. I've been paying for Napster pretty much since it was avaialbe in Canada as a legal service. And yes, the tax would only amount to a few cents a month, but that's not the point. Your punishing me, your loyal client. And that excuse about Oh, i may make a copy fo rmy {device anme}. Is BS. I PAY EXTRA ALREADY to legally copy these tunes to my mp3 players..($15/moth for the to-go service as opposed to $10/month). FUCK YOU RECORDING INDUSTRY! You won't get another cent from me until you smarten the fuck up. And I thought will all the big labels starting to switch to DRM-Free, that you might have gotten a clue... The funny thing is that apparently CRIA (our version of RIAA) may have been in opposition to this tax...
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POPSMPAA claims prevention of 31 illegal recordings of Spider-Man 3 Ridiculous. Besides I really don't understand people who will sit throuh a grainy version of a movie, the sound sucks, the picture sucks, you hear people moving & coughing, if the bass kicks in, forget hearing anything else. I get the not wanting to go through the ordeal of going to the theater.. I mane, you go sit in a theater with people to ignorant to understand that there are others there besides them, they talk, let their cellphones go off (or play with them), etc.. often ruining the experience. I just wait till it comes out on DVD.
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POPSTeens pirate MP3s because they have littel to no options to buy legitimately.. Interesting.. I think the biggest blocker to legitimately buying online music is the credit card, as well as the availability of stores and the restrictions they place on what you can do with the music you buy. I mean, for one thing, if you bought a CD< you could rip it to your MP3 player, computer, friend's computer, etc, and nothing will stop you (unless the CD has some copy protection, but Sony learned the hard way that that is a BAD idea). Kids don't have credit cards, and though stores like napster, rhapsody, etc are there and allow subscriptions to download almost any of their almost 1 million tracks to your mp3 player, you still need a valid credit card to buy it.
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