Z:gnu-www-ja-digital-inclusion-in-freedom--6e5464-Another way to support the art/en

Another way to support the arts is with tax funds: perhaps with a special tax on blank media or Internet connectivity, or with general revenue.39 If this is to succeed in supporting artists, the state should distribute the tax money directly and entirely to them, and make sure it cannot under any pretext be taken from them by publishers such as record companies. Thus, in order to design this tax system to achieve the valid goal of &ldquo;supporting the arts,&rdquo; we must first reject the misguided goal of &ldquo;compensating the rights-holders.&rdquo;