"The only way to get access to their part of the Net is to pay them a tithe, and to that extent it's a classic monopoly, " says Paul Vixie, head of Internet services for Metromedia Fiber Network, which is building its own network.

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It's called a tithe.

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If you are not a full tithe payer you cannot be admitted to the temple, much less hold offices. (The offices are unpaid, which has some relevance).

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That argument might have worked if he was a minister, who was required to tithe as a a condition of his paid employment.

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He didn't say if your crops fail, don't give me any tithe or if you have a bumper crop, give me triple tithe.

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It is moral (a flat-rated tithe is referred to in the Bible's Leviticus) and populist.

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Mr. Thompson argued that the tithe was a necessary expense since it was required to hold his church offices.

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In a recent debate in the House of Lords, he argued for a benchmark, though perhaps not one as high as the biblical tithe, to give the wealthy some idea of what was appropriate.

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And if their patents get curbed or struck down in the Samsung ruling (a coin toss at this point) they will not be able to tithe the other manufacturers into submission.

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What is clear, however, is that the taxpayer will be on the hook for at least a quarter of the International Seabed Authority's annual operating budget, our tithe under the UN formula.

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