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If copyrights and patents are "(intellectual) property" and valued accordingly, how much revenue could the government obtain if they made companies pay annual "
by beambot 15y ago
If copyrights and patents are "(intellectual) property" and valued accordingly, how much revenue could the government obtain if they made companies pay annual "property taxes" on them?
- davidw 15y agoHow would you value it? One way would be to look at the revenue generated each year... It turns out they already tax that, though.
- gte910h 15y agoThey can set the value at whatever they want. And the government, or anyone, can buy the rights at that value, 5 years after creation of the work.
- m_for_monkey 15y agoValue the same way as in case of copyright infringement. One song worth $1000 or some other absurd amount.