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Re:The Age of AI has begun by eganist on Tuesday March 21, 2023 @06:15PM (#35253425)
Can you help me understand how "[copyright] law is actually a huge tax on doing knowledge work for everyone except the 1%?"
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Re:The Age of AI has begun by breck on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @10:10AM (#35261242)
Revenue gained from (c)opywrong law - minus sum of [all fees], [royalties], [license overhead], [additional red tape someone has to jump through to use information] - minus sum of the same for all government agencies that one pays taxes to.
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Re:The Age of AI has begun by eganist on Wednesday March 22, 2023 @10:18AM (#35261381)
> Revenue gained from [copyright] law - minus sum of [all fees], [royalties], [license overhead], [additional red tape someone has to jump through to use information] - minus sum of the same for all government agencies that one pays taxes to.

I'm not sure this answers the question. Who's revenue is this, and which of the elements you described is "a tax"?

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