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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. I seem to recall by BradNelson · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I seem to recall that this was the sort of thing that sparked what we call the "Revolutionary War." Taxation without representation, anyone? This would be like the state mailing speeding tickets to everyone with a driver's license because a lot of people speed and get away with it.

  2. Re:I can't believe the ideas the RIAA thinks they. by Grishnakh · · Score: 1, Redundant

    He's not a thief. He's already paid the RIAA their fees for blank CD-Rs. So if he doesn't download some music, he'll be paying that money for nothing.

  3. Re:What a silly argument by rolandbm · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who are you to judge AC? Insulting him for his grammar just makes you look like a wanker.

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