Comments on: Canadian Songwriters Want to Legalize P2P

By: Canadian Songwriters Want Mandatory $10 P2P Tax

Canadian Songwriters Want Mandatory $10 P2P Tax — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 02:05:06 +0000

[...] in late 2007 SAC released “A Proposal for the Monetization of the File-Sharing of Music” which would make it legal to share music with others online in exchange for a compulsory $5.00 [...]

By: LOL

LOL — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:26:55 +0000

Cry me a river. What rock bands from Canada besides Rush have people heard of? lol

By: Canadian Songwriters Want Mandatory $10 P2P Tax

Canadian Songwriters Want Mandatory $10 P2P Tax — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:20:29 +0000

[...] to legalize P2P in exchange for a tax on Internet connections.Back in late 2007 SAC released “A Proposal for the Monetization of the File-Sharing of Music” which would make it legal to share music with others online in exchange for a compulsory [...]

By: mach -1

mach -1 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know about Canada but if that was proposed in the USA people would Scream “Bloody Murder” as Different groups of people would call it a “TAX” and blame the ones downloading Music Movies Games and such for causing their Rates to go Up. And it would create problems with the Government wanting to Tax all sales made over the Internet as if some were willing to pay a tax on Downloads then everything would or should be “In Play”
Just My opinion could be wrong But probably right !

By: Burd

Burd — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Simple solution: make it optional. Those who want unlimited downloading and uploading pay the $5.00. However if it’s just Canadian music that would be too limiting (no offense to Canadian song writers but they are a small portion of the world’s music). This would need to be world-wide and I seriously doubt that that is going to happen!

By: freeloader105

freeloader105 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This would work a lot better if it was optional. That way people who chose to pay would be able to share all the copyrighted music they want with immunity from CRIA. Forcing it onto everyone does not make sense.

By: Gamer8585

Gamer8585 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“It’s not really making money from P2P. It’s coercing internet subscribers to subsidize a business they may never utilize. Taxation without representation?”

This what I thought at first however if they gave P2P legal protection then you would see people downloading more then $5 of music every month. Although I’m still uncomfortable with making people pay for a luxury service they may or may not use.

“Sure – The Songwriters Association of Canada want their $5. Then the movie people will want THEIR $5. Then the gaming people will want THEIR $5. The recipe people will want their $5. ETC ETC.”
This is what I find to be a big problem with the whole thing. It starts off as $5 for the music industry but then the movie and software industries will want to get a piece of the action and they will probably want more then $5 (since its more expensive to make movies and software). So it may end up a $20-$40 per month tax that could double the price people pay for internet service. Most people these days can’t afford that.

“Given the consumer aversion to TPM’s we believe their use will inhibit the success of recordings in which they are embedded and they will simply fall out of use”

Well finally someone admits that DRM (or TPM in this case) is hated by consumers and devalues a product. I wish I had him saying that on tape. Maybe I’d make it into a nice techno-mix…lol

By: Gamer8585

Gamer8585 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Burd and feeloader

Just how would you make this kind of thing optional??? You would have to look at every bit of data a consumer downloads/uploads and then check it against a list of copyrighted material. Its just not something possible nor something I want to ever be possible.

By: John Milton

John Milton — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is so NOT going to happen… I think that the Canadian songwriters should take a look at the Good Copy Bad Copy documentary.

By: freeloader105

freeloader105 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@Gamer8585
Look at it this way: if you pay the $5 you do what you want with your music and you’re guaranteed to be safe from CRIA and the likes. If you don’t pay the $5 you had better be looking over your back all the time.