SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT v PAUL OWEN & ORS (2002)

Ken Brown k.brown at ccs.bbk.ac.uk
Mon, 20 May 2002 12:17:53 +0100


Why not just extract 1 percent of all VAT and give it to anyone who owns
a record company? It would have the same effect.  

A subsidy to an industry who (by definition) are very good at presenting
themselves in a good light.

Ken

Brian Morrison wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 17 May 2002 09:30:33 +0000, Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> 
> >This is laughable, considering that a whole segment of the community which
> >would be affected by this legislation build their own computers from parts.
> 
> Why do you think that a levy will not be applied to the components
> themselves when sold separately from the complete system?
> 
> --
> Brian Morrison                                       bdm@fenrir.org.uk
>               do you know how far this has gone?
>                just how damaged have I become?
>                                       'Even Deeper' by Nine Inch Nails