Britain to make taxpayers pay $1 billion to catch digital pirates?
December 30th, 2009 admin
The British government’s Labour Party proposed the Digital Economy Bill in October, a get-tough policy against copyright infringers that threatens to take away an offender’s Internet connection after a third offense. The problem is, this bailout of movie and record producers might end up costing British taxpayers $1 billion USD. But Labour Party leaders have a plan. They’re thinking digital piracy will be reduced so much that tax revenues from all those increased media sales will equal $2.72 billion, defraying part of the cost of the policing of such draconian measures. However, they still plan to pass along $1 billion of the cost to innocent taxpayers, equal to about $40 for each broadband connection in the country. Funny how these …
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