Online “piracy” isn’t looting. It’s capitalism. It forces dinosaurs to evolve or become extinct. The music and movie industries are in denial, mistaking progress for criminal activity. In fact, they’ve already benefited from piracy’s kick in the ass. Music piracy sites such as Napster forced an antiquated model to reinvent itself, and today we have solutions such as iTunes at a dollar per song and Spotify’s monthly subscription rate. These new systems didn’t kill the music industry; they saved it.
Less Than 50 Percent of New Yorkers Support Hochul's Nicotine Pouch Tax
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The unpopular plan could do real harm by taxing safer alternatives at the
same rate as cigarettes, discouraging smokers from quitting.
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