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by EdHominem 3685 days ago
And France deserves a piece of this? That's silly. Like saying that Comcast deserves a piece of what I pay to Netflix.

But robbing Peter to pay Paul is a valid political decision because you only have be appear to be doing something...
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EdHominem 3684 days ago
The idea that France is owed a piece of all media-spend directed towards french people is disgusting and legally unsupportable.

The only reason it's even a debatable issue is that they forced Google to redirect the .com domain to the .fr domain for IPs geo-located in France. No country can be trusted with this power because this is only where it starts.

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nametakenobv 3684 days ago
This is just pointless drivel. Do you understand why taxation exists at all? Government is not some arbitrary institution that just sits there and gets money. The government is the people. The french people say "if you want to do business with us, you have to pay for the privilege". The government is the vehicle to facilitate this. Less Ayn Rand, more real economics and politics before criticizing, please.
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EdHominem 3684 days ago
Why the government of France though? Their only involvement is that people are advertising to French people.

The French people have already been taxed to build-out the shared infrastructure, and have payed tax ISP, etc, and will be taxed on any purchases. So why should their government get yet another cut? And of things being done in other countries.

> The government is the people. The french people say "..."

The French people did not ask to be locked into the .fr portal. That's the only way this scheme works.

When Trump is elected (or maybe Hillary) will you roll over and accept everything they demand, justifying it as the will of the people? Or do you recognize that the government very frequently acts for the good of the politicians and against the people. Up-front tax money is good for politicians; look at them, raising money, and fighting the good fight. But long-term they've just built internet walls that will be used for oppression and destroyed the goose that laid those golden eggs.

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