<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Jacob Gardiner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacob@jacobgardiner.com" target="_blank">jacob@jacobgardiner.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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On 21 July 2014 at 11:18:36 am, Mark Newton (<a href="mailto:newton@atdot.dotat.org" target="_blank">newton@atdot.dotat.org</a>) wrote:</div> <div><blockquote type="cite" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<span><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:helvetica;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">The Government is entirely impotent in this area. They cannot force an offshore provider to make decisions which are suboptimal to their business.</span></div>
</span></blockquote></div></div><p>This is exactly where the mindset needs to change. </p><p>If the Government wants a business like Netflix and many others to invest into Australia’s market then there should be incentives to do so. </p>
</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>umm. Just exactly what do you think the 'government' gets out of Netflix and others offering services in Australia? And what makes you think thats "investing in Australia" ?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Employees in Australia? Not likely. At least not any more than they would otherwise have.</div><div><br></div><div>Equipment in Australia? Possibly. But I can pretty much guarantee that not a single physical thing inside a server, disk, NIC or switch has been manufactured in Australia.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Netflix buying more of that 'stuff' may indirectly contribute to suppliers to Netflix, but likely that doesn't magically result in more tax $ to the Australian Government or magically promote 'investment' in Australia.</div>
<div>You think otherwise?<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>