[IP] Re: Music industry proposes a piracy surcharge on ISPs

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Ernie Longmire <interestingpeople-lazlo@studio-nibble.com>
Date: March 16, 2008 1:38:50 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: 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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