...by taxing all computer equipment... its not the best idea I've heard, but it is significant to hear this kind of thinking coming from someone like this.

...by taxing all computer equipment... its not the best idea I've heard, but it is significant to hear this kind of thinking coming from someone like this.

] The problem is that we can’t give consumers
] what they want. The symptom is that they can
] get it without our help. We can either engage
] in futile attempts to eliminate their supply,
] or we can monetize their demand.

] The 2002 SOFA report found that 49% of Americans
] now think the first amendment goes too far in the
] protections it provides. This compared to 37%
] a year ago and 22% the year before that. Fred
] and I believe this is in no small part an
] unintended consequence of the various wars we have
] declared on various symptoms of various problems.
] The entertainment industry, largely a beneficiary
] of the protections afforded by the First Amendment,
] should buck this trend, and embrace freedom.