Words to Remember: “Compulsory Licensing”

“Compulsory licensing is political dynamite from the point of view of the record companies and other copyright holders. If a compulsory license for file swapping were passed, record companies and potentially movie studios would be forced to allow anyone who asked–or who pushed a download button–to use their works on demand.” This is a serious topic. In this News.com article they are talking about instituting a copyright fee at the ISP level. Whatever happened to fair use?