I signed up with Steam with an ATI coupon (remember those).
Then I paid $9.95 to upgrade the account.

Since then I have purchased a number of additional games - (love Red
October).

Given the new content that keeps appearing, while doing my tax return
(in Aus), I have thought of a way to keep the delivery channel, but
remove the need for copy protection.

The idea is this... at tax time, the government would add a "Steam
Surcharge" to every income tax return - with reductions for students
and pensioners. Developers could get a tax credit.

In this way we could all have access to Steam games and Valve would be
another step on the way to world domination....

Gnuru.
(gnuru@reidysystems.com)

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