<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Mensaje original ----<br>De: Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet) <rick@piratpartiet.se><br>Enviado: martes, 25 de marzo, 2008 23:44:29<br>> In
all
this
talk
about
levies,
I
have
yet
to
see
somebody
answer
the fundamental
questions:<br>> <br>> Why
is
who
is
going
to
be
compensated
for
what,
and
how?<br><br>Actually I made the same question -except for the <span style="font-style: italic;">how</span>, because I believe first it has to be found out <span style="font-style: italic;">why</span>-; and you're right, nobody has answered. Maybe because the answer is no, maybe because there is nothing to be compensated.<br><br>> For
example,
if
you
can't
find
a
fair
way
to
distribute
the
levies,
then it's
just
another
revenue
source
for
the
copyright<br>> lobby
that
has
to
do nothing
to
get
money
for
more
lobbying,
and
we
are
considerably
worse off.<br><br>> And
in
order
to
find
a
fair
way
to
distribute
the
levies,
you (again)
have
to
tap
into
every
private
communication.
Back<br>
> to
square one.
Either
that,
or
you
base
it
off
of
something
completely
different, which
means
that
small
unknown
bands<br>
> end
up
paying
Elvis
and
Elton
John.<br>
<br>Just in the case that someone would be able to find <span style="font-style: italic;">why</span> levies should be paid -and as you said nobody could up to now-, according to civil law the requirement for a fair way to distribute the levies -i.e.: only paying the ones who would be causing the loss, and only receiving the ones who would be suffering the loss- is mandatory. If levies are not distributed according to such principles, there is no room for them; and if for levies to be distributed according to such principles, civil rights and liberties have to be compromised, it becomes certainly unbearable.<br><br>Anyway, before such considerations, as you said, first someone should put on the table reasons for levies to exist.<br><br>> This
is
details,
but
without
details,
it's
just
an
ivory
tower discussion.
If
it
can't
be
done
in
practice,
then
so
must
be<br>> said.<br><br>Exactly. If there is no room for levies, the rest is literature. Regards,<br><br><br> Carlos
Ayala<br> ( Aiarakoa )<br><br> Partido Pirata National Board's Chairman<br></div></div><br>
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