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Comment: Re:So if I travel to a Seattle bookstore... (Score 1) 413

by j_sp_r (#38659728) Attached to: Amazon To Collect Indiana Sales Tax In 2014

If I take goods from the US to the Netherlands, I have to declare them and pay 19% VAT on them. I do get an exemption for E430,- in goods and they are pretty lenient (aka as long as the expensive items you brought don't add up to more than E430,- you're usually OK).

I think I can subtract any sales tax I paid in the US from the 19% and only pay the difference, but I'm not sure.

Comment: Re:Of course it's a service problem... (Score 1) 466

by j_sp_r (#38171424) Attached to: Valve's Gabe Newell On Piracy: It's Not a Pricing Problem

If the above service is provided, it has a huge advantage over pirate content to most people
- No need to download using "torrents" from a shady site with shady advertising
- Avoids viruses/trojan from the less reliable file sharing sites ( not a big problem now, but that could be "arranged" by the power-that-be)

I think the price can easily be
$1 a song
$3 a TV episodes (how much does a single viewer bring in in advertising fees? Might add a selection $1,00 with advertising, $3,00 without)
$5 - $6 (50% of a movie ticket seems reasonable, smaller screen, worse sound system). Multiple views allowed.

$1 - $2 for a one-off streaming solution to your whatever-player connected to the TV (Same pricing as renting a redbox DVD).

And a netflix-like streaming service for older movies.

Do not try to limit personal sharing by DRM, but distribute huge, high-quality sites over a really fat internet pipe that can be streamed, so the price you pay is partly for the convenience of not having to copy the file, walk to your friend, copy it to his computer and watch it.

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