RIAA Looking to Pin Piracy Surcharges on ISPs
Submitted by: Dark Volcanic @ 09:21 AM | Thursday, March 13, 2008 | (url: http://www.wired....)
"Having failed to stop piracy by suing internet users, the music industry is for the first time seriously considering a file sharing surcharge that internet service providers would collect from users.
In recent months, some of the major labels have warmed to a pitch by Jim Griffin, one of the idea's chief proponents, to seek an extra fee on broadband connections and to use the money to compensate rights holders for music that's shared online. Griffin, who consults on digital strategy for three of the four majors, will argue his case at what promises to be a heated discussion Friday at South by Southwest.
"It's monetizing the anarchy," says Peter Jenner, head of the International Music Manager's Forum, who plans to join Griffin on the panel."
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South by Southwest is over priced, their sushi sucks and their kobe beef is disappointing. 2 hours of waiting for "sushi steak fusion" at $35 a plate? Fuck those guys. Sushitarian is better.wat
this wont work, and if it does, it wont be long until it is deemed unlawful.
Ok. So if this happened - I'd start downloading music.
PS: I'm in Australia - so the law wouldn't apply to us :D
Speaking individually, and not as a whole....if a $5 a month surcharge tacked on to my internet bill would finally legitimize P2P music sharing and put this whole thing to rest once and for all I'd support it.But I bet they still wouldn't let it be legitimized. They'd still go after people and crack down on p2p networks.