Assuming that fee is paid, and obviously I pay a portion of it on my broadband bill does that not mean that any material I download is in effect legal as I have licensed it with said fee.

So I can download Shrek 4 Bluray rip legally for a £2pm increase on my broadband bill.

I'd essentially get as much music / films etc as I want for a £2pm subscription

The trick of course is if X is the price of a retail copy and 4X is the fee per month then I logical need to download at least 5X worth of music etc per month to make it "worth while"

You could always video yourself using linux. Convert the video to DVD and play it on the console.

Not quite as useful as running it but I guess it's the only way Linux will be on the PS3 again

So what you are saying is that all hetros should claim to be gay so that they can get a bonus.. Genius..

Even then (if i read the article correctly) it is still unfair as they are using the average figure. So if one bunch of homosexuals would only be taxed £500 then they are essentially getting a $500 pay raise for being gay, others at the other end of the scale (assuming a tax of $1500) are $1000 better off but are still being taxed $500. So they are still being wronged.

I am in the UK not the US.

I live with my partner and have done for the last 5years but we have no intention of getting married.

Even to do it cheaply is over £200, I'd rather spend that money on our child or perhaps put it towards a holiday.

I believe that we quailfy under UK law as a Common Law Couple, though tbh I am not really sure I benifit, I think it just makes it easier for her to get 50% if we split.

I was pointing out the "fair" thing to do would be for google to lobby the government for a change in the law to allow gay marriage or what ever it is they don't do. Not to just pay them extra cash for being gay because all that does, is highlight / enforce the view, that they are different and should be treated differently.