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Lord_KiRon

1st May 2007, 01:01

Protect the customers - TAX the DRM protected content !

People complain a lot about DRM , I think the best way to avoid it is to get "regulator" (the state) to intervene.

"Nice" about 30% tax on DRM protected content would shift the distributors perspective.
So call you representatives, senators etc and suggest it.

Shinigami-Sama

1st May 2007, 06:39

I agree with this but I also don't; it could be seen as government intervention upon the DRM by Default Blu-Ray and that could cause a whole mess

Plus the fact that the politicians are getting under and over the table kick backs I would assume...

hdlover

1st May 2007, 15:10

Taxes will just be passed on to the consumers.

HyperHacker

2nd May 2007, 01:58

There's only one realistic way to stop DRM: Don't buy it.

Lord_KiRon

2nd May 2007, 19:34

Taxes will just be passed on to the consumers.

Yes and No - that would be true about 3 years ago when all the publishers was absolutely sure in "must have DRM" .

Today some of them not so sure and some of them even dropped to use it.

Enforcing such tax would indeed increase prices BUT only for DRM protected content and since now we have an option the DRM protected sales would drop resulting in less publishers using DRM.