What makes you think bank notes are anonymous? They have serial numbers. I just assume the government scans them at every ATM, Bank and other "trusted" money I/Os...

Well, they need to keep the seed keys. How else would the [insert three-letter agency] snoop on your communications?

Here in Switzerland they try to "tax" internet PCs too.

In the olden days the justification for this tax was, that you cannot control the reception of a broadcast unless you monitor every home. The same is not true for internet services. It's not broadcast, it's 1:1 connections and you can easly identify your subscribers. There's no reason (besides greed) to charge non users like me. I've consciously choosen not to have tv or radio. I won't pay just because i have a internet connection.

Can it only rip directly from CD to the Player or can I also copy from HD to the player?

From the description: "The PJB-100 offers fast direct digital transfers from a standard audio CD directly to MP3 files on the player."
note the "direct". it never says something about copy from the HD (let alone to the HD).