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EU Proposes Online Music System

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the about-time dept.

jefu writes "According to a story in the Globe and Mail, the European Commission has proposed a unified online music licensing (and copyright) system. The article says that one of the points of doing this is to get copyright and license fees to the artists and to simplify the maze of copyright regulations that cover Europe."

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  1. My Tax dollars hard at work... by Willeh · · Score: 0, Redundant
    To bring me unwanted 128 kbps rips of the latest shitty B artist to come out of Europe. Honestly, can't we let the industry work something out?

    If anything, let them change the laws that shit on starving indie artists, seems a lot simpler than a system like this. The local music scene here seems to thrive without a system like this in place.

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    Will wank off Linus Torvalds for fame.
  2. Re:Get some priorities by TheRealJFM · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The world must carry on, if we let our lives be affected by this then the terrorists have won.

    Disclaimer: I live a couple of miles from London.

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    Joseph Farthing
    http://josephfarthing.com
  3. Re:Get some priorities by leecn · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Level-headed, concise, factual... nice counter argument :)