New EU Legislation For ALL Digital Sellers

[k_a_webb]

Please, everyone, read this and share it around. http://euvataction.org/2014/12/12/vat-a-mess-new-eu-tax-rules-set-to-close-small-businesses/ We need as many people to sign the petition as possible.

Comments

Re: Tax laws

[dialecticdreamer]

This whole thing /is/ affecting my choices for /what/ I want to be paid for.

Right now, I'm thinking "pay to access the posted file" rather than "pay to buy an ebook."

It's a /major/ issue for me because I only want to break the laws I /deliberately/ choose to, rather than breaking them due to ignorance. Unfortunately, there are hundreds of thousands of TIMES more words in legal code than I can read in a lifetime right now. I don't need to know the laws governing say, the shipping of goods by rail, BUT, I also can't realistically read the law for /any/ single subject without a massive amount of interpretation and additions.

It's frustrating to the point that hubby and I have created a country for our gaming universe whose entire legal code fits in to a tradeback-size book with thirty-two pages. Period. Everything from traffic laws to malpractice is included, because the /basic law/ is simple.

Re: Tax laws

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>This whole thing /is/ affecting my choices for /what/ I want to be paid for.

Right now, I'm thinking "pay to access the posted file" rather than "pay to buy an ebook."<<

I'm increasingly suspicious that people in power are trying to create a situation where it's impossible to follow the law, with the intent of entrapment. Sadly this indicates a lack of historic and psychological understanding. Because when you make breaking the law normal and necessary for survival, that destroys the value of following the law, which leads to the collapse of your civilization. I prefer rational to irrational problem-solving methods, but I'm entirely aware of how the safety valves work. 0_o

>> It's frustrating to the point that hubby and I have created a country for our gaming universe whose entire legal code fits in to a tradeback-size book with thirty-two pages. <<

:D In my main SF setting, there are colonies with all different laws. Galactic laws cover the basics like "don't murder" and "don't steal." Each colony is allowed to designate 10 local laws they can enforce on non-residents, and that list is posted so everyone sees it before coming to that colony. It solves a lot of problems, at least with humans.

With aliens, the results are more hit-or-miss. Nobody's really managed to convince the Branchians to restrict their penile fencing to their own territory. They reproduce by rape, so it's understandable, but it really bothers most humans.