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EFF Lawyer Argues For Compulsory Music Licenses

Posted by timothy on from the compulsion-bad-freedom-good dept.

An anonymous reader submits "Fred von Lohmann, lead intellectual property lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, wrote an op-ed in the Daily Princetonian urging compulsory licensing of copyrighted music. The system would allow internet users to copy music freely and legally, in exchange for a flat monthly fee to be shared by artists and record labels. He says schools like Princeton might be a good place to test the approach."

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  1. where? by kevin+lyda · · Score: 1, Redundant

    every label and artist? where? will some of the money be going to artists and labels in ireland? russia? brasil? what percentage goes where?

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