The French want to tax online ads because of piracy

[thewayne]

I'm quite curious how they would get this money back in to the hands of artists and creators of pirated goods. There is no way on Khod's green li'l earth that they could equitably determine how much anyone could get.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/08/0247248/France-Considers-Pirate-Tax-For-Online-Ads?art_pos=32