http://disqus.com/people/9ee6e9e516bf03cccf02e54e8cc58825/enFri, 28 Mar 2008 09:13:22 -0000http://mathewingram.disqus.com/is_a_music_8220tax8221_paid_to_isps_the_answer_95/#comment-274329If it really is Intellectual "Property" - the owners of the rights to the "Property" should be taxed based on an assessed value. We tax everything else - land, cars, homes as property. The continual assertion by corporations about protecting their Intellectual Property involves the use of the government to protect it. The corporations should therefore pay their share.<br><br>It would then become a self balancing system. Property which becomes very valuable will have a high assessment value - and thus a heavy tax. Much like old people who are forced to move from their family homes due to an inability to pay the property taxes on it - corporations might need then to sell at a lower value, or set free - pieces of "Intellectual Property" in order to avoid paying taxes on it.<br><br>This isn't just about music - anything copyrightable, patentable, etc.PorterFri, 28 Mar 2008 09:13:22 -0000