Kazaa, Verizon Propose Compulsory Music Licensing

akb writes "USA Today is reporting on an interesting new alliance between Kazaa, the dominant file sharing network, and Verizon, a company with revenues of $67 billion. The two companies are floating a proposal to ISPs and the computer and manufacturing industries to lobby to force the music industry to license their music. Royalties would be payed to artists directly, thus circumventing the stranglehold the RIAA has on the music industry."

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Someone still has to do the job of the RIAA

[ToasterTester]

We have an RIAA because people can't be trusted. The RIAA monitors usage so songwriters and musicians get the royalites they live on to pay their bills. So who will be the monitors in the new scheme?