quinthar writes "Recognizing customers are increasingly disinterested in buying their products, Time Warner sets its sights on a new customer: your ISP. Former industry critic Jim Griffin hash been hired by Time Warner to help create a $20B/year pool funded by a $5/mo ISP surcharge. Listening habits will be estimated by sampling internet backbone traffic, and the cash pool will be distributed to music rightsholders via an organization similar to the RIAA. Do you support such a bold move to prop up the flailing music industry, or is it a step too far and too late? (For disclosure: I'm the critic of the plan listed in page 2.)" Link to Original Source
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