If it's not published, its protection comes mostly from not being seen (in private setting) or from trade secrets and associated laws.
If only want to use the tax as a way to make sure orphaned works can be shared, and patent trolls become unprofitable. I believe that an IP tax can help both. I think it is essential to force proper valuation of IP, and I think tying it to recovery (upside) and taxes (downside) is likely to give a proper evaluation.
It is not my intention to try to tax your own painting on your living room. I assume, by default, anything not listed, is valued at $0 for that year.
Do you understand that, regardless for copyrights or patents, your IP is not enforceable unless you can afford the court action?
I was going to mention that the enforcement cost is largely borne by the copyright holder, so there's a built-in tax there, but don't forget mechanisms like the DMCA provisions are cheap and can be applied with a heavy hand.
There's a solution to orphaned works: Reduce copyright to something like 25-50 years (plus life of creator?) and allow for one renewal, which requires a filing fee, for another 25-50 years. That's it. Suddenly all these orphaned works are liberated because it's not worth it for people to file.
Taxing based on valuation is absolutely, monstrously ridiculous. Many people write short fiction they publish online. Are you going to suggest they need to get an appraisal on their book, and then pay taxes on it? How many millions of people are going to review this and ensure that everything's tallied up correctly.
Orphaned works are a problem, but taxing them is not a solution.
> Are you going to suggest they need to get an appraisal on their book, and then pay taxes on it?
I keep repeating (and you keep ignoring) that I want no such thing, except when they expect damages for copyright infringement.
Taxing based on valuation is what is effectively done for every kind of property. If IP is property, there is no reason it should be exempt. And if it isn't property, it's about time we stop treating it as such.
If only want to use the tax as a way to make sure orphaned works can be shared, and patent trolls become unprofitable. I believe that an IP tax can help both. I think it is essential to force proper valuation of IP, and I think tying it to recovery (upside) and taxes (downside) is likely to give a proper evaluation.
It is not my intention to try to tax your own painting on your living room. I assume, by default, anything not listed, is valued at $0 for that year.
Do you understand that, regardless for copyrights or patents, your IP is not enforceable unless you can afford the court action?