Adult download tax proposal awaits climax in Albany

[seemslikeadream]

Headline of the day :rofl:


http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/02/15/2009-02-15_adult_download_tax_proposal_awaits_clima.html

[grannie4peace]

1. they will make big bucks!

[Mugu]

2. I was going to post this and then noticed that you had already posted.

BY Stephanie Gaskell
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER


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A state proposal to add a 4% tax for downloading movies and music will also apply to Internet porn.

Gov. Paterson recently suggested the so-called iPod tax to help close a $15 billion budget deficit, but few realized the levy would also apply to XXX-rated material. The skin industry denounced the move as a cheap political stunt.

"The last thing any of us need isan additional tax," said Steven Hirsch, the CEO of Vivid Entertainment Group and self-proclaimed King of Porn. "These are very difficult times and nobody can afford to lose even one customer."

The new tax technically isn't a sin tax, since it applies to all "digitally delivered entertainment services."

[nebenaube]

3. In a digital TV era doesn't this apply to every show one would watch? n/t