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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. Re:well great .. no really... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Like you're not already pirating as much as you can already.

    This just gives nerds one more absurd justification for their massive scale copyright infringing downloading. Add it to the list:

    - I wouldn't have bought it anyway
    - I did buy it all after
    - This music sucks anyway
    - Outdated business model
    - Overpaid artists
    - Overpaid middlemen
    - It's "unfair" that I can't get whatever I want for free
    - DRM sucks
    - Oops I didn't secure my wireless again
    - You never catch me with my super encrypted p2p system
    - I've already paid for it anyway