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To: monkeyshine
the tax itself is the major competitive handicap

your are correct, but so is nativ new yorker. for a variety of reasons, europe is farther ahead in their application of wirelss technology. with 3G technology, the phone will be able to download all types of media onto the handset. europe does not want content competition -- which they will get -- but they are way ahead of us in the communication infrastructure.

why will content be big -- pornography. pornography has almost always been the first application for new technologies. pornography is big business and it enables the price points for the new technology come down as people utilize it. europe is trying to keep american pornography out.

12 posted on 12/13/2001 1:14:09 PM PST by mlocher
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To: mlocher
Ummm... even if you are correct that pornography is the #1 product in demand for downloads, I don't think they would want to keep it out, but rather they just want to be the pimps and get their cut.

Isn't most of the porno we get here coming from servers in Europe-- to avoid prosecution from local governments?

14 posted on 12/13/2001 1:18:59 PM PST by monkeyshine
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