MrMeme • User • The Register Forums

So if there's documents relating to Sony trying to exert influence of the political process (in US domestic & foreign policy) then that's geo-political.

I wonder if they'll translate & publish any leaks of Japanese communications?

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NO, Joe Hockey, a 'Netflix tax' wouldn't raise 'billions'

Tuesday 14th April 2015 06:52 GMT MrMeme

According to the ABS in 2006 there were 7.8 million households with a 1.3% annual increase. So lets say there's currently 9 million households.

So if *every* household takes out a $12/mth subscription. it'd be $1.296b/yr or $129.6m in GST

But even by 2020 the most optimistic projection for Netlfix penetration for any country is 35%. Which bring it down to about $45.36m/yr in GST

Yeah I can see the Treasurer's point, it's only a few zero's short of a few billions.

Notes:

ABS households: http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4102.0Main+Features20Dec+2010

Netflix penetration by country: http://www.statista.com/statistics/324568/penetration-rate-netflix-country/

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IBM tightens Passport Advantage licensing terms

Wednesday 8th April 2015 01:16 GMT MrMeme

The accountants can't make/save us any more money, so send in the lawyers.

It's an old fashion shakedown.

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Metadata laws pass so it's time to STOP READING LISTICLES

Friday 27th March 2015 00:40 GMT MrMeme

Well if the Govt use the new Amazon unlimited storage for all this meta data, the cost will come down from ~$400m -> ~$75 ($us60)/yr

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/03/26/amazon_unlimited_cloud_storage/

And even better still Amazon will be able to recommend us books, movies, etc without ever having visited their website! It sound like a win-win for everyone!

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