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Originally Posted by KevinH
Instead of adding DRM (and all of its associated costs and headaches) I would rather see a small extra fee paid to some author/publisher association by everyone for every device, dvd, cdrom sold. Much easier and much cheaper to implement and better for everyone involved (no one is forced to become a "criminal" just to get what they already paid for.
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Some country (can't remember which) already does that for music. The result is that only well known musicians on large record labels ever get anything. What would be better would be a system where everything that is downloaded is recorded, and only the creator of the downloaded item is paid for that download. They would get a small amount each time one of their products is downloaded, with the money coming from a tax on internet connection, or from advertising revenue from the download sites.