[AusNOG] "ISPs agree to graduated warnings for pirates"

[Rod Veith]

Maybe that's the simple answer: The government could put a tax on internet
connections and hand the money over to Hollywood!

-----Original Message-----
From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Alex
Samad - Yieldbroker
Sent: Monday, 23 February 2015 2:03 PM
To: Ross Wheeler
Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "ISPs agree to graduated warnings for pirates"

I think you are thinking about the "tax" on writable cd's & dvd's 

A

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Wheeler [mailto:ausnog at rossw.net]
> Sent: Monday, 23 February 2015 1:57 PM
> To: Alex Samad - Yieldbroker
> Cc: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] "ISPs agree to graduated warnings for pirates"
> 
> 
> > How similar is this to the old issue with recording tv on to 
> > VHS/BETA wasn't that illegal for so long. The government ruled in 
> > the people favour.
> 
> Did they? Didn't they just slap an extra tax, I mean "levy" on blank 
> media under the guise of some return to the "content creators" because 
> blank media were only used to copy original content! (Those of us 
> using them for things like publishing original content, making backups 
> etc just had to suck it up, there was no exemption for 'legitimate 
> use'). (Or am I just remembering it wrong?)
> 
> R.
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