 X_DigitBinary EnhancedPremium
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Mansfield, TX | It's a tax... So, don't look at the $5 a month issue atm... all new taxes are "sucker-passed" at first, because they introduce the public w/ a modest rate.
If this passes, I can guarantee (just like every other tax ever introduced and passed)... it'll just be used as a wrecking ball to your wallet. Every few months, it'll increase! Before you know it, this "tax" that you all agreed w/ because you THOUGHT you were getting "unlimited" media with is infact a way for big corporations (er, government) to syphon even more from our pockets!
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Respectfully, X_Digit |
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| It is NOT a tax. The state is not imposing anything. It is a voluntary blanket license. The industry can't simply raise the price whenever they like because no one is signing a permanent and irrevocable commitment to participate no matter what the price or terms.
Now I don't doubt that the industry will try to renegotiate price over time. This isn't an argument against blanket license. Prices for everything go up over time. Cable prices go up over time. People continue to participate as long as the price increases aren't so absurd as to cause mass revulsion. In this regard a blanket license is no different from any other economic activity.
The key point of a collective license is to facilitate abundance in a world of nearly zero cost copying by replacing per unit sales or rentals, while maintaining a per individual price that is low enough that people will pay without even noticing. Driving up prices to the point that people start to notice and balk is counterproductive to the blanket license idea. |
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X_DigitBinary EnhancedPremium
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Mansfield, TX | "voluntary blanket license"
No, if they don't give an "opt out"... it's a tax. I don't care what label or description you put on it (added fees, etc.).
They've been labeling new "taxes" as fees and other crap for so long, because "tax" is such a bad word. I don't care if it doesn't go to a SPECIFIC source of government entity. As far as I'm concerned... government and corporations are partying in the exact same boat.
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