Some updates.

diff --git a/blog/draft/2012-copyright-taxing.txt b/blog/draft/2012-copyright-taxing.txt
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--- a/blog/draft/2012-copyright-taxing.txt
+++ b/blog/draft/2012-copyright-taxing.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ Title: Why isn't the value of copyright taxed?
 Tags: english, freeculture, opphavsrett
 Date: 2012-11-17 09:00
 
+John Perry Barlow <barlow@eff.org>
+
 <p>While working on a
 <a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Norwegian
-translation of the Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig</a>, which talk
-about the problems with todays copyright law and how it stifles
-creativity, one thing occurred to me.  The idea is to get the tax
-office to help us make more works enter the public domain and help us
-make it easier to clear rights to use copyrighted works.</p>
+translation of the Free Culture by Lawrence Lessig</a> (76% done),
+which talk about the problems with todays copyright law and how it
+stifles creativity, one idea occurred to me.  The idea is to get the
+tax office to help make more works enter the public domain and also
+help make it easier to clear rights to use copyrighted works.</p>
 
 <p>The idea is partly based on the argument that copyrighted works are
 "intellectual property", but the core requirement is that copyrighted
@@ -34,20 +36,20 @@ become a lot easier to find out who to talk to for clearing
 permissions to use a copyrighted work, which is a very hard operation
 with todays copyright law.</p>
 
-<p>If copyright causes the citizens to have to pay more taxes, they
-will have a small incentive to "disown" their copyright, and let the
-work enter the public domain or at least state (in the database) that
-they do not need to be consulted when clearing rights to use the work.
-I assume the copyright law would stay the same, allowing creators to
-pick a license of their choosing, and also allowing them to put their
-work directly in the public domain.  The existence of such database
-will make it even easier to clear rights, and taxing the owners listed
-in the database would increase the amount of works that enter the
-public domain.</p>
-
-<p>The effect is that the tax office help all of us to get more work
-into the public domain and make it easier to get rights to use the
-works that have not yet entered the public domain.</p>
+<p>If copyright causes copyright holders to have to pay more taxes,
+they will have a small incentive to "disown" their copyright, and let
+the work enter the public domain or works with several right holders
+at least state (in the database) that they do not need to be consulted
+when clearing rights to use the work.  I assume the copyright law
+would stay the same, allowing creators to pick a license of their
+choosing, and also allowing them to put their work directly in the
+public domain.  The existence of such database will make it even
+easier to clear rights, and taxing the owners listed in the database
+would increase the amount of works that enter the public domain.</p>
+
+<p>The effect is that the tax office help to get more work into the
+public domain and make it easier to get rights to use the works that
+have not yet entered the public domain.</p>
 
 <p>Why have such taxing not happened yet?  I am sure the tax office
 would like to tax copyrighted work values if they thought of it.</p>