REUTERS, WASHINGTON DC, JUNE 30th :-
The Recording Industry Association of America has announced its latest move to prevent illicit enjoyment of music. "Friendship is the biggest threat to our industry", RIAA president Hilary B Rosen announced at an industry conference. "For decades youths have loaned and played copyrighted recordings to their friends, in the full knowledge that they were depriving our members of income. Every friendship created is a hundred lost sales for our industry. Our lawyers have now drawn up a friendship tax, whereby any building or institute knowingly aiding and abetting the creation of friendships will be liable to pay recompense to the RIAA members for our lost sales. This will include, but not be limited to, bars, bowling halls,
youth clubs, schools and universities, kindergartens, boy scout and girl guide organisations, churches and all places of work. We might not be able to stamp out the evils of friendship, but we can at least prevent the people responsible for creating friendships from receiving financially gain."
[Clarification added by JimH -- this post was a joke.]