MS Patent for DRM OS

[Martin Keegan]

> > I think the best solution to this so far is still the levy on cassette
> > tapes, to compensate the producers of LP records ...
> 
> I don't like this because it means that people pay money without getting
> any rights in return.  You pay the music industry when you buy a tape
> but you get nothing back; you still aren't supposed to copy music.

I've more of an objection to the notion of a private interest tax. IIRC
the UK Government has always opposed this sort of arrangement for blank
tapes, etc. 
 
Surely it's a completely unjust tax on people who AREN'T using the blank
media for copyright infringement.

Anyway, we're straying from the topic now :)

Mk