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Originally Posted by HarryT
Or perhaps the answer is to do what been mooted in a number of countries - to impose a "levy" on all internet users which is then distributed to the music industry to compensate them for their losses. Of course, this is "punishing the innocent" along with the guilty, so it's far from ideal.
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I think this is what the RIAA et al have really wanted all along. They've been leaning on the ISPs to play cop which they understandably don't want to do. It's nigh on impossible to be effective and the target's constantly moving. A fee is easier. It's a pretty common trick to get a buy-in by giving someone the illusion of a choice when only one choice is viable. However, aside from the fairness issue you raise, I really doubt the distribution of the money will end up being fair to the artists and smaller content providers, either.