[pp.int.general] cultural flatrate: PP position?

[Christian]

Reinier Bakels wrote:

>> The simpliest way would to take the same key as with media like tapes,
>> cds, copy machines, ... Some (rightholders) will profit more from the
>> system than others. But no system has ever been fair for everyone...
> 
> Stop! That is the reason to defend a flatrate system. If such a system
> is accepted at all, it should logically be qualified as a tax system. If
> I buy a piece of berad, I pay 6% VAT, which may be used for *any*
> purpose, and no questions are asked about any relationship between the
> origin of the tax, and the way it is spent. But taxes call for
> democratic control. One of the most basic reasons for democracy is - I
> said it before - "no taxation without representation".

Why should such a system be tax-based? If we add 6% to the price of the
internet access with the reason, that this money is taken to pay right
holders, then the money should be given to them.


Christian