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UK ISPs To Pay 25% of Copyright Enforcement Costs
Andorin writes "The UK's Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has released a report (PDF) related to the new Digital Economy Act. The debate between copyright holders and ISPs about who should front the costs for the enforcement of the Act's anti-piracy provisions has come to a close: Rights holders will pay 75% of the copyright enforcement costs, with the remaining 25% of the bill going to ISPs (and therefore their customers). Says the Minister for Communications, Ed Vaizey: 'Protecting our valuable creative industries, which have already suffered significant losses as a result of people sharing digital content without paying for it, is at the heart of these measures... We expect the measures will benefit our creative economy by some £200m per year and as rights holders are the main beneficiaries of the system, we believe our decision on costs is proportionate to everyone involved.' Not surprisingly, some ISPs and consumer groups are up in arms about the decision, with one ISP calling it a government subsidy of the entertainment industries."
Good point.
Microsoft demonstrated the philosophy when they announced the shop would relocate to India if Obama followed-through on his rhetoric to tax ALL corporate profits. Notice how Obama stopped talking about that plan shortly afterwards. Nobody wants to see microsoft move out of the US, so the threat worked. (And it's not just MS; it's true of all megacorps.)
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How about we make it illegal for businesses to make campaign contributions and lobby congress.