A link tax is fine in principle and can be good policy in a number of situations. In practice such a tax needs to be set in such a way that all parties make mon

A link tax is fine in principle and can be good policy in a number of situations. In practice such a tax needs to be set in such a way that all parties make money for their efforts. The rates given in the Canadian and Australian taxes were basically made up by media companies and represented a significant inflation of the value of their content.