The British historian Thomas Macaulay once remarked that copyrights are a tax on readers. Copyrights are...

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The British historian Thomas Macaulay once remarked that copyrights are "a tax on readers." Copyrights are a 'tax' on readers in the sense that the government collects the tax progressively to promote fairness in the tax code. copyrights limit of the supply of related creative work which results in higher prices. the government explicitly adds a sales tax on creative works to cover the copyright. securing a new copyright requires the payment of a fee to the government by the artist. If copyrights are a 'tax' on readers, governments provide a legal framework to enforce them because A. the government likes to tax the people any chance it gets. B. the government collects a large amount of revenue from the tax. C. copyrights provide needed protection for authors and creators of movies or other artistic works. D. the government needs to solve its debt problem by enacting new taxes. O The British historian Thomas Macaulay once remarked that copyrights are "a tax on readers." Copyrights are a 'tax' on readers in the sense that the government collects the tax progressively to promote fairness in the tax code. copyrights limit of the supply of related creative work which results in higher prices. the government explicitly adds a sales tax on creative works to cover the copyright. securing a new copyright requires the payment of a fee to the government by the artist. If copyrights are a 'tax' on readers, governments provide a legal framework to enforce them because A. the government likes to tax the people any chance it gets. B. the government collects a large amount of revenue from the tax. C. copyrights provide needed protection for authors and creators of movies or other artistic works. D. the government needs to solve its debt problem by enacting new taxes. O

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