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UK Royalty Group Wants ISPs To Pay For Pirating Customers

Posted by samzenpus on from the sins-of-the-user dept.

Idbar writes "A group representing British songwriters and composers will on Wednesday call for the introduction of a levy on broadband providers based on the amount of pirated music they allow to pass through their networks. Will Page, chief economist at PRS for Music, will argue at a Westminster conference that a piracy fee would better align the financial interests of internet service providers with rights holders at a time when the two industries are at odds over who should bear the costs of online song swapping."

3 of 289 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Rights Holder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    My dear fellow, every Brit knows that it is "Kiss my arse"

    I have no desire to be near a donkey

  2. Re:Right. That's going to work well. Sure. by beowulfcluster · · Score: 3, Funny

    What if I set the comment on an mp3 file I seed to 'Shiver me timbers, yarr'. Will it match their MD5 then?

  3. Irony incoming, in three... two... one... by Drakkenmensch · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Dear music lawyers. Following on your request that we should pay for illegal music downloads we allow to pass through, here is a detailed list of how much we allowed, which you will notice is empty. We 'allow' none to pass as we do not condone this practice, please find enclosed a fine payment cheque of zero dollars and zero cents. Love, the IPS."