Music Industry lobbys for Copyright Shift

Nonsense. That was my thought when I first read the articles ” Music industry demands the right to sue ISPs” from the Independent Online Edition and “Indie Labels want copyright shift” from the BBC Online. Several trade organizations including the Association of Independent Music (AIM), the Musicians’ Union and the MCPS-PRS Alliance proposed that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should be liable for illegal file sharing by their users. (which means that it would be possible to sue ISPs because of this liability)

ISPs should be charged for their role in the distribution process which could come in the form of a collective license just like the one for radio or tv in many countries. They could as well demand a copyright shift for the post as well, because lots of burned cds are traded this way. And they could demand it for the railway, the interstates, airlines, streets, schools, university and every other place as well. Sounds like a good bargain to me.

I think they become more and more desperate and try everything in their power to influence politics with all they lobbying power. Is this the way to treat the own customers ? Make them pay many times for the same service ? Let them pay for radio, for blank CDs and DVDs, for printers, for burners, for internet access. Whats next, for their own memory ? It´s definatly time to take a stance and write or call your local representative and demand a change in politics to a consumer friendly one.

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Author: Martin Brinkmann, Thursday July 13, 2006 -
Tags:copyright, Music Industry

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1. chris says:

   July 14, 2006 at 12:38 am

   has anyone seen that episode in southpark, when matellica protests with kyle about internet downloads? BOooo HOooo…

   I remember these same people wanted bigger share of the pie from Itunes and increase single download prices.

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