The RIAA opened up Pandora's box when they suggested this crap. We aren't just sliding down a slippery slope we're skiing down it now. If these ideas take hold your broadband bill will go from being $40 - $60 per month to $100 - $150 with all this crap.
We need to raise hell with our elected officials if this stuff gets put into any bills or even proposed before congress. We need to cause the same ****-storm that we caused when Net Neutrality was brought up by AT&T.
The RIAA opened up Pandora's box when they suggested this crap.
This isn't limited to communications. Years ago content industry convinced many governments to institute a recordable media tax as a way to generate revenue.
Newspapers are seeing print ad revenues shrinking and Internet revenue is not nearly as large. However it is my understanding the bulk of the problem has been media consolidation, encouraged by the Federal Government. New owners are demanding much higher rate of return then traditional "family owners" had. Thus exacerbating the problem.
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