[WEB4LIB] Re: E-mail in Public Libraries

[Dan Lester]

At 08:26 AM 1/6/00 -0800, Brent J. Pliskow wrote:

>In the near future, it will be interesting how views will change as the
>government will begin taxing for the use of e-mail.

Oh, really?  That sounds like the resurrection of an old chestnut of an 
urban legend (or net legend).  It is right up there with taxing your 
connect time to your ISP, NM cookies, dying boys wanting postcards, and so 
forth.

I won't even get into asking how that could possibly be done.....whether it 
would be by the message, by the byte, or by something else....

Taxing internet sales is a definite possibility.....but email?

cheers

dan

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