Says the proposed $5 monthly tax on internet connections in exchange for allowing users to share music for free on P2P and file-sharing networks is a good idea.Last week I mentioned how the Songwriters Association of Canada has announced a new proposal calling for the legalization of sharing music on P2P and file-sharing networks. Well, now it appears that the Canadian Music Creators Coalition (CMCC) is also endorsing the proposal. If you recall, the proposal called for legalizing the sharing of music on P2P and file-sharing networks in exchange for a $5 tax to be imposed by ISPs on internet subscribers. The CMCC writes: The Canadian Music Creators Coalition (CMCC) applauded the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) today for its innovative, forward-thinking proposal to provide Canadians with legal and affordable access to file-sharing services. The proposal is interesting in that it seems to hint that members of the music industry are starting to realize the futility of eliminating P2P and file-sharing services, that 10 years and billions of dollars in legal bills later that the landscape is still the same. But, what remains most troubling abut the proposal is that it fails to address how other copyright concerns would be satisfied. The MPAA, the BSA and others are all going to want their own $5 tax in exchange for legalizing P2P and so it's not likely people are willing to add an extra $25 bucks a month to what are usually already costly internet subscription costs. Looking for more stuff to watch or download?
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Isn't the way it's proposed now kind of like "join our organization, and you get money". Feels kind of socialist, and how do they know they can trust the people parceling out the money? That's been a problem in the past.
How would this work in real world application? Would it be like Avril Lavigne gets the same chunk of the pie the garage band on the corner gets? What size chunk to the big companies get? Have these musicians really thought this through? When they say the "Canadian Music Creators Coalition" supports this, who are they really talking about. Are they talking about the big name acts we've seen associated with it, or are they talking about some bureaucracy at the top, that wants to gather the money? Is there really %100 agreement on this amongst the membership. It makes good press, but I call bullshit.