Re: [d@DCC] Lawrence Lesig advocates blank media tax

From: John Lange <john.lange _-at-_ bighostbox.com>
To: General Discussion <discuss (at) digital-copyright.ca>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:26:50 -0500
References: <1092757561.10361.84.camel@ws101.darkcore.net> <4122BCD5.E8289383@RealMeasures.dyndns.org>

You wouldn't be counting types, you would be counting the actual content
and then compensating the creator of those works.

Regards,

John

On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 21:20, Seth Johnson wrote:
> You can't count works of a type, because people develop new types freely. 
> So easy to game, so irrelevant even without gaming.
> 
> 
> To put it in a pithy way:
> 
> There is no spoon.
> 
> 
> Seth
> 
> 
> John Lange wrote:
> > 
> > In short; "... monitor how many items of each content were distributed.
> > On the basis of those numbers, then artists would be compensated ... by
> > an appropriate tax.
> > 
> > This closely describes the copyright levy on blank media system we
> > currently have in place in Canada.
> > 
> > So how do the people on this list feel about this concept?


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