Comments on: The Problem With A Music Tax http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/03/28/whats-wrong-with-a-music-tax/ Searching for beauty in the dissonance Sun, 20 May 2012 11:45:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Songwriters Association of Canada Wants To Embrace File Sharing, But Does It Have the Right Approach? | Unity Behind Diversity | Blaise Alleyne http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/03/28/whats-wrong-with-a-music-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-224741 The Songwriters Association of Canada Wants To Embrace File Sharing, But Does It Have the Right Approach? | Unity Behind Diversity | Blaise Alleyne Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:08:06 +0000 http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/03/28/whats-wrong-with-a-music-tax/#comment-224741 [...] embraced, that digital locks and lawsuits were not a way forward, etc. But it was a non-voluntary, “you’re a criminal” tax that could open the floodgates for other industries to demand similar [...] [...] embraced, that digital locks and lawsuits were not a way forward, etc. But it was a non-voluntary, “you’re a criminal” tax that could open the floodgates for other industries to demand similar [...]

]]> By: Blaise http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/03/28/whats-wrong-with-a-music-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-2500 Blaise Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:06:04 +0000 http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/03/28/whats-wrong-with-a-music-tax/#comment-2500 Thanks man! I agree, the EFF lays out some differentiators between their view of this type of alternate compensation system, and the tax-like variants. The involuntary nature of the SAC's proposal takes the competition right out of the equation. It's a system of complacency as opposed to one that would encourage innovation and lead to a better result. There must be a better way. :) Thanks man!

I agree, the EFF lays out some differentiators between their view of this type of alternate compensation system, and the tax-like variants. The involuntary nature of the SAC’s proposal takes the competition right out of the equation. It’s a system of complacency as opposed to one that would encourage innovation and lead to a better result.

There must be a better way. :)

]]> By: Kevin http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/03/28/whats-wrong-with-a-music-tax/comment-page-1/#comment-2480 Kevin Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:59:39 +0000 http://blaise.ca/blog/2008/03/28/whats-wrong-with-a-music-tax/#comment-2480 Blaise - loving the blog, brother. The problem with the "blanket tax", is it is a source of guaranteed revenue for the big guys, and offers no incentive whatsoever for performance in the music industry. If the tax is put in place, innovation in the industry will stop dead in its tracks. There's got to be another way to do this...I just haven't figured it out yet! Blaise – loving the blog, brother.

The problem with the “blanket tax”, is it is a source of guaranteed revenue for the big guys, and offers no incentive whatsoever for performance in the music industry. If the tax is put in place, innovation in the industry will stop dead in its tracks. There’s got to be another way to do this…I just haven’t figured it out yet!

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