Bitrate tax.

[Eric Luyten <]

(NOT a joke)

The Belgian Minister for Telecommunications came up with the idea of 
introducing a "bitrate tax" on information transmission.
A number of mainstream newspaper articles mentioned a similar initiative 
in the U.S. of A. (an important argument to convince adversaries !)
The new tax is/was supposed to bring in between .3 and 3 billion ECU per 
annum.

On a remotely related topic : a wellknown organisation recently asked for 
our advice on the perceived need for Internet regulation.


<double sigh>
Eric.