Pay 'tax' to your ISP to help cover cost of illegal music downloads

[paulyoung666]

hands up all the ppl who have illegally downloaded music , listened to it and thought , utter crap and deleted it or thought i like that and went and bought it ????????

[Russ]

Originally Posted by Chris T

Technology journalist Andrew Orlowski has suggested that a 'tax' on top of monthly ISP subscription charges could be collected and paid to the music industry in order to 'pay' for illegally downloaded tracks. He sees it as a way of tackling the online piracy problem in an 'enlightened' way

He sounds like the type of middle-class journo who dressed like chav and tries desperately to sound like he's "down with it" among youngsters....

[SMHarman]

Never illegally downloaded, bought about 10 tunes from the iTunes store (well Mrs H has).

Nor downloaded warez, My MS Office suite is also now legal .

Originally Posted by Russ D

He sounds like the type of middle-class journo who dressed like chav and tries desperately to sound like he's "down with it" among youngsters....

Of course it would be Chavs mum and dad who were paying the tax and may would consider that such a tax legitimises illegal downloads as a royalty is being paid on them.

He's a complete plonker who has no grip on reality. This idea is a non starter.

Oh come on, taxes on internet now? This country is getting out of control

I'm only 16 for christ sake, It's hard just to get food, transport, cloths and my internet with the £80 per month I get from college

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by Scott

Oh come on, taxes on internet now? This country is getting out of control

I'm only 16 for christ sake, It's hard just to get food, transport, cloths and my internet with the £80 per month I get from college

Add Mortgage, Life insurance, gas, electric, tv licence, telephone, pension, car loan, car insurance, house insurance and i'm sure there are more, life just keeps getting better, it must Tony told us so.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Scott

Oh come on, taxes on internet now? This country is getting out of control

I'm only 16 for christ sake, It's hard just to get food, transport, cloths and my internet with the £80 per month I get from college

go out and look for a real job then , or maybe an apprenticeship , if indeed they still exist instead of sponging of tax payers , nothing personal you understand before you flame me

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

So why should I be penalised in anyway for other peoples illegal activities?

But if we sent them to jail we'd be paying again!

[andygrif]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

and how would you distribute this, based on legitimate sales, this would not help those struggling talents who have found that the internet is a good marketing outlet.

That's just the point - I'm saying it's unworkable.

[mrmassive]

I think Thats stupid to pay a tax for that, But an Air tax would be better. Everyone has to breath so everyone pays.