Is it a "racket"? No. Are the fees "just"? Well, I honestly don't know. It probably varies on a state-by-state basis but here in Florida the title fee is li

Is it a "racket"? No. Are the fees "just"? Well, I honestly don't know. It probably varies on a state-by-state basis but here in Florida the title fee is likely outdated and unnecessary considering that it is all handled electronically and the cost to transfer and store such information is likely fractions of a percentage of a penny. The original cost of the title fee stems from what I can only assume is the cost of paying people to file and retrieve such paperwork. I view the registration fee as just another tax. In fact, the state of Florida requires that you pay Florida sales tax for vehicles purchased outside the state (if purchased/registered within a year I think) and it takes that tax as part of the vehicle registration fee. Is the copyright system "just"? No. Hell no. We're so far removed from that point that some people view copyright violation as a form of justice. A lot of that likely stems from the length of terms for copyright and the fact that everything is copyrighted by default. Go back to mandatory registration (with a registration fee =) and somewhere between 5-25 year terms depending on the work and that'd be a good start towards copyright justice.