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Rosen Floats ISP Fee Idea -- Charge Everybody!

Posted by timothy on from the magnanimous dept.

iconian writes "Hillary Rosen of RIAA wants to impose a type of fee to ISPs which in turn will be passed to all their customers indiscriminately to recoup supposed damages done by file-sharing. The RIAA considers downloading music illegally over the Internet to be the moral equivalence of stealing. I wonder then what is the moral equivalence of the RIAA taking realized cash from people who do not download music?"

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  1. In Soviet Russia... by -1bynextweek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    RIAA steals from YOU!!!

    Oh, wait...

  2. Re:In Soviet Canada (What Taxes In Canada?) by Sandman1971 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The levy is included in the price when the CDs are sold by the importers manufacturers. You'll never see a tax on your bill because it's a levy included in the price of every single CD.

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