05-10-2003, 09:41 AM
>Perhaps this is too mundane to merit discussion.
Hell no. Though I'm interested in something else that is somewhat related. In your area, do you know if or when you buy blank CDs, do you pay an extra amount for them? I don't mean retail mark ups or product taxes. I mean something like this:
http://www.gnutellanews.com/article/6052
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,...2,57114,00.html
http://vigilant.tv/article/2687
When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke. The truly absurd thing is the idea has been floated that ALL recordable media that possess a big enough capacity (Decided arbitrarily I guess.) should be taxed or strictly controlled. Hey who really needs a 100+ gig drive anyway? Only evil goat porn makers and bomb making music stealing pirates that's who. ;)
Hell no. Though I'm interested in something else that is somewhat related. In your area, do you know if or when you buy blank CDs, do you pay an extra amount for them? I don't mean retail mark ups or product taxes. I mean something like this:
http://www.gnutellanews.com/article/6052
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,...2,57114,00.html
http://vigilant.tv/article/2687
When I first heard about this, I thought it was a joke. The truly absurd thing is the idea has been floated that ALL recordable media that possess a big enough capacity (Decided arbitrarily I guess.) should be taxed or strictly controlled. Hey who really needs a 100+ gig drive anyway? Only evil goat porn makers and bomb making music stealing pirates that's who. ;)