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Originally Posted by guyanonymous
Like you, IANAL 
I've read suggestions of simply adding a $5 or $10 fee to broadband internet access which, at current levels, would provide MORE compensation to artists (if they could figure out fair distribution of the $) than they currently earn in the present system by sales alone. I'd support that - however, I can understand why those who do not download and would not download (for moral reasons or just because they don't listen to music) would resent things. I myself resent paying for a levy on dvds and cds which, primarily, I use for my own photography and sharing of personal data/work with others - not for music at all. |
There is a certain appeal to "all you can eat" pricing. The biggest problem for me is how the money gets divvied up. How does Ani DiFranco get her cut? What about Tuvan throat Singers, like Huun-Huur-Tu? Does Beyonce get 90% of everything?
In these deals, the money goes to organizations that represent big content management corporations. Independent artists can be pirated to the ends of the earth and they won't get a dime from this.