Accountable is just a cover

Post #75,766 by JayMehaffey 1/20/03 7:14:13 PM Reply	Accountable is just a cover I guessing the real goal is getting a tax put in ISP's to cover the 'losses' of the RIAA. By putting the over the top stuff about tracking all users and such, they can get some ISP's to go for their less difficult to implement fee per person. That wouldn't burden the ISP's to much, because if everybody has to charge the same fee there is no reason to switch ISP's to get around it. There is a huge upside for the RIAA if they can get per person fees. It means they no longer have to go through the motions of stopping people from copying CD's, they can just sit back and collect checks forever. Jay
Post #75,771 by SpiceWare 1/20/03 7:23:53 PM Reply	Aren't they already doing that? don't they get a kickback on blank tapes and audio CDRs(and all CDRs in some countries)? Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #75,824 by cforde 1/21/03 12:16:08 AM Reply	Canada is one in Canada there is a tax, err, levy, for blank tapes and CDs. [link\|http://www.dww.com/articles/billc32article.htm\|Bill c32] and [link\|http://neil.eton.ca/copylevy.shtml\|FAQ] Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #75,978 by Meerkat 1/21/03 5:14:05 PM Reply	Encouraging words from an Aust net industry exec Full article from the Sydney Morning Herald : [link\|http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/21/1042911380707.html\|Music industry chases internet providers for lost revenue] Relevant quote from the article comes from chief executive of the Internet Industry Association, Peter Coroneos: "The music and content industries have failed to adapt their business models to the realities of the internet. We're not going to prop them up." More power to him! John. Busy lad.

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