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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
If the money generated was used to pay government grants to creators of music, books, etc to cover their living expenses, I would be in favour of that. If, as I suspect, it was just given to big businesses to prop them up, I would be against it. If I want to download Astronauts or Dog on a Rope mp3s I don't see why my contribution should go to Warner Bros while the bands I want to support get nothing.
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If the unauthorized downloads really become the "unstoppable tide" some predict then the outcome above that you do not want to happen is exactly what will happen. (Some preassigned key to distribute the money -- and do you think the big corporations will go empty handed?) Being forced upon us by the filesharers.