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Elbonia | reply to Nightshade
Re: Voluntary would make more sense. Problems with the idea:
1. If it would be voluntary for customers, how would free-riding be prevented? Monitoring everyone's traffic for copyright violations?
2. It would be only a promise not to sue, not compulsory licensing. This means any copyright holder not signing on to the promise could still sue anyone sharing his works.
3. Even if artists end up getting anything instead of nothing, it would be only the artists signed to companies participating in the deal - and that would be only a few big companies. Independent artists would get nothing.
A compulsory licence mandated by law would be a better solution. It would be payable only by sharers who would otherwise be infringing, so internet users not interested in music or movies could opt out. Filesharing sites could easily "go legit" by recording transfers and billing users. The selection or music, formats, etc. would include whatever people might choose to share. |
