A French report has recommended instituting a new "Google tax" to support the music and publishing industries. The recommendation calls for a levy on all revenue generated from click-through advertising.
French Report Recommends New Tax on Google
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Smart move
tax the companies that are making the best of the new technologies to subsidise those that can’t figure it out.
If I were Google, I’d just pull the plug on google.fr.
Or even better…
I’m with you Chris. It’s ridiculous. I thought of shutting down google.fr…though it would be even better to just remove the advertising.
Google to France: Tax? Tax *what?*
Vive la France !! :-/
Hi there,
As you can see, Sarkozy and french politicians are very “creative”, “inspired”.
Lucky French we are (x_o)
Politicians understand nothing to internet and web, and they fight for saving a dying industry monopole.
I’m currently supporting the Sarkozy’s woolly idea , while hoping : Google denied to the french visitors..hahaha It can be fun.
Many of us starting to use VPN, with foreign IP. (Thanks Hadopi !)
(sorry for my “frenglish”)
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they should tax the ISP’s if anything
ISP’s have had a free ride