Content Syndication: Phil Hunt's Broadband Tax / Content Compensation Fund proposal, and the Rent-Seeking Economy
Phil Hunt of the Pirate Party UK was kind enough to comment on my Modest Proposal with a link to his own 2009 proposal, "A broadband tax for the UK?". It's a more complete (and well-thought-out) form of the concept addressing music, newspapers, and other media:
Further to my previous post suggesting that the UK isn’t going to institute a “3 strikes” law, there is speculation that the government might instead introduce a broadband tax, where ISPs’ customers will pay and the money going to the music industry to compensate for the loses they’ve suffered through P2P filesharing....
Continued at the dreddit
