Desperate RIAA

[Shripad]

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. Griffin's idea is to collect a fee from internet service providers -- something like $5 per user per month -- and put it into a pool that would be used to compensate songwriters, performers, publishers and music labels. A collecting agency would divvy up the money according to artists' popularity on P2P sites, just as ASCAP and BMI pay songwriters for broadcasts and live performances of their work.

Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs

[apextwin]

wat utter ............... .... how can they come up with such ideas ... Broadband surchage of all things wats next then?? every1 who owns a PC ..

[jampack]

thats one stupid idea imo

[Chief-Techie]

Sick RIAA

[KiD0M4N]

I can almost feel Sify engineerings starting to code things for this one ATM.

[6pack]

^^ lol!

but if the riaa takes $5 per month from every broadband/ internet user wont it means that they are legalising the download of music files since persons are now paying for songs they download.

would like to see the outcome of this in legal terms.

[Darthcoder]

LOL, What if I dont use my Broadband to download music/movies??
How can they assume that Everyone with a broadband connection uses it to just download Music/Movies/Copyrighted stuff??Ghay a$$e$.

[Chief-Techie]

Originally Posted by KiD0M4N I can almost feel Sify engineerings starting to code things for this one ATM.

TATA Engg wont be Bothered they have Enough bandwidth to cater for p2p

[KiD0M4N]

Originally Posted by Chief-Techie TATA Engg wont be Bothered they Enough bandwidth to cater for p2p

not the right word. They "can't" be bothered, because even if they were, they would take 1 million years coding it

[Chief-Techie]

Originally Posted by KiD0M4N not the right word. They "can't" be bothered, because even if they were, they would take 1 million years coding it

Dont see Indian ISP's Smart Enough to Implement this