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Kazaa, Verizon Propose Compulsory Music Licensing

Posted by timothy on from the no-you-pay-us dept.

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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  1. Re:Use WinMX by Ricky+M.+Waite · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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