Thanks grellas for another insightful post; It's not the first time I've enjoyed reading your opinion a legal aspect of technology. In this case, I think it's

Thanks grellas for another insightful post; It's not the first time I've enjoyed reading your opinion a legal aspect of technology. In this case, I think it's interesting to note that the French may have gotten this idea into their heads too late; Google (to take the most prominent example) carries far more economic clout now than it would have in 1997, or the early steamboat companies would have had in the 1800s. Consider the implications of Google deciding not to pay the tax, preferring to ignore all queries from French IP addresses; While this would leave a huge space for aspiring French search companies, that can't be the effect Sarkozy is hoping for, can it?