Proposed fee could make filesharing legit
The talk of the SXSW festival in Texas was about a proposed fee for filesharing. The idea is that ISPs may soon begin adding a small fee onto Internet users’ monthly bills. This fee would then go to the music industry to compensate for losses from filesharing.
Of course, none of the money the RIAA gets in lawsuits goes to actual music artists, so it’s likely that this fee will end up the same way. A similar idea was proposed in Canada but shot down because it makes no sense.
For a start, not everyone uses filesharing programs, so you can’t work out who should pay and who shouldn’t. There is talk of this fee being optional. If users pay, they would then be “legit†and able to do all the filesharing they want.
We can’t imagine how such an idea could ever be workable. It would require highly sophisticated levels of monitoring and it could effectively run online music stores out of business.
Related Articles
Del.Icio.Us this! | Digg this! | Reddit this! | Stumble this!
beginners wine guide 20Mar08
I just wonder a few things, like how much they would charge, and how would they share out the money, like money to the RIAA and to the TV stations.
Also what about if you didn’t use P2P for a month, would they still charge you ? I think it’s a nice idea, but not really well thought out.
WINE !
Franca Richard 21Mar08
same as me, wanna try new things but lack of money, what a pity!
iPhone filesharing program close to release | Ares Free Music Downloads 21Mar08
[...] « Proposed fee could make filesharing legit [...]
Filesharing vicar gets up to no good - Music downloads, news and reviews 21Mar08
[...] most people have vaguely innocent intentions when using filesharing programs, there are some who give groups like the RIAA fodders for their war against [...]
Sheen 08Apr08
What no way, why would you pay a fee to file share, might as well buy the movies, software or music, but I guess people need to make a living.