UK film/TV producers want a special tax on digital recorders

Fred sez, "The UK trade association for independent film and TV producers is proposing that Ofcom [Britain's telecoms reguloator] levy a tax on digital personal video recorders like TiVo."

Broadcasters, studios and content makers already make plenty of money from the sale of broadcast rights, repeat broadcast rights and syndication -- not to mention DVD sales (and now pay-per-view downloads) -- but it seems nothing short of greed to demand another slice of the pie, and the person who will ultimately suffer is the end user, who will end up footing the bill when the providers pass on the fees.

Link (Thanks, Fred!)