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Originally Posted by Dirty Dane
Not turning internet into a library, but putting library onto internet. It's a voluntary system, where royalties are paid, and others can make use of the free market mechanism and pay their taxes. It worked before, so why not now? Because you want it ALL for free?
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Pay taxes to what? Are you aware that not one cent of your income taxes goes to fund the federal government? It all goes to pay the interest on a debt run up by printing off pieces of paper. Voluntary=free. Royalties from what? Are you describing a socialist internet? Let the government tax and pay out to those who contribute? lol What has worked before?
As I pointed out not one cent of your income taxes goes to fund the federal government. What does fund them? Running up the credit card (national debt) turning everyone into economic slaves. No I don't want to pay more out to anyone unless I CHOOSE to do so. I pay for what I use. I pay monthly for my son to download his music. I pay for various subscription I feel are worth it for me and my business. I have to figure out how to make a living and I don't expect the government or anyone else for that matter to figure out how I can. I don't need them making laws in my favor to do so. I do need laws that will hamper my business just to make other special interest parties means of earning easier.
What I described is what they want to do. They want to turn the internet into a subscription based environment like your TV. If you have this idea in your head that it's going to be easy for the average person to get in on this little scheme you are sadly mistaken. Before you jump on board with something like this why don't you try to setup your own radio station or television station. Have a look at all of the regulations, stipulations, costs and hoops one has to jump through. All of it will stifle the innovation and only make the same old companies richer. This plan is for big corporations not for little guy. They want you on big corp payrolls not working for yourself. They want to scale it down to where they have control and if they don't like what you are doing they can and will shut you down. With this treaty that's not just your local government that's EVERY government can and will shut you down.