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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."

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  1. GM? by hairyfish · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I heard that GM got so big that they ceased to be an auto company and evolved into a finance company (and shortly after went bankrupt). SCO ceased to become a technology company and changed into a lawsuit company (then folded). Now Music is moving from selling records, to suing customers to becoming a tax collectors? The death throws of Big Music are clear and present. If I owned shares in these companies I'd be selling up while they're still something.

  2. AMAZING IDEA! by Buttink · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I make awesome song A. I then host "leaked" song A torrent on popular trackers. Copy all IPs. Sue users. Sue ISPs. Get pirating tax. profit.

  3. So, if they succeed with this... by The+Fanta+Menace · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...then presumably, it will be legal for me to download their clients' work, as I will already be paying for it.

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    -- Even if a god did exist, why the fsck should I worship it?
  4. Re:well great .. no really... by Vanderhoth · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Good question, how can you "steal" or infringe on something you've already paid for. Someone being sued by the *IAA should bring up that point. I'd like to see the out come.