[pp.int.general] levies: GESAC study

[Reinier Bakels]

Previously I asked your attention for http://www.gesac.org/eng/positions/privatecopying.asp
Now I have read these studies. It is a VERY bad piece of work. All possibe discussion tricks are exploited to the extreme, like begging the question, etc. For anyone except the very naive (or perhaps people only browsing the management summary) this should be obvious.

Perhaps the most important observation to me made is that the study limits itself to music - while, of course, there are lots of other forms of copyrighted information. The study concludes that the consumer electronics industry is booming, while the music industry is languishing, and it apparently tries to get back some of its share.

IPRED2, data retention directive, and now this levy harmonisation & enforcement endeavour apparently all come from the same source: a desparate attempt from the record industry to maintain a position in a society where it has become virtually superfluous due do Internet. It is a dreadful example of "rent seeking" (defined as efforts to influence the legislator to make legislation increasing private rents).

reinier   

   
 
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