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Re: Music industry proposes a piracy surcharge on ISPs
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:03:52 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Ernie Longmire <interestingpeople-lazlo () studio-nibble com> Date: March 16, 2008 1:38:50 PM EDT To: dave () farber netSubject: Re: [IP] Re: Music industry proposes a piracy surcharge on ISPs
What's "equitable" about a system that completely decouples compensation from the actual use of the properties the monies are supposedly paying for? If there were a way to accurately detect which files are actually being moved across the network and how often they're moved, they'd already be using it -- to stop the downloading in the first place.
And how can this system have "nothing whatsoever to do with government" when the only entity in a position to "allow access to *all* music" is the government (which could only allow do so by throwing away the copyright system)?
It's really easy to call this solution a "fair price to pay" when it's not your creations that are being collectivized!
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