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.
This is absolutely idiotic. So they want get a blanket surcharge, even from people that don't pirate anything? What about newspapers, should they get a blanket surcharge in case people copy and paste their news? What about photographers? Graphic artists? Where do you draw the line? How can this be enforced by the government?
Moreover, who wants to bet they won't be re-passing any of this to artists (or a very minimal part tops) if they get it?
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