New York's Gov. Paterson is proposing a tax on internet download purchases, whether music or video or porn - citing that taxing 'legitimizes' the stuff, just as sales tax at adult bookstores makes those wholesome, legitimate businesses, I suppose. This comes at a time when getting people to pay for anything online is difficult, raising the price is only going to make pornographers change their model. The tax will only apply to New York pornographers, so it'll either make them uncompetitive with their out-of-state counterparts and damage their income, or it'll encourage them to make more of their content free and expand their other revenue services. I'm hoping for the latter, and I'l! l bet Peterson does, too - exercising executive power to help poor shmucks like me get more free porn? Can't complain about that!