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Xeen:
A new idea has been introduced to try to get P2P users to pay a small flat fee in exchange for legally being allowed to share and download other sharer's music. The fee would be voluntary and would  directly to the artists.

Some musicians have been asked about this and they think it's a good idea, and a few have said they encourage sharing anyway. The RIAA however is firmly against this idea.

http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62434,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

mobrien_12:
The RIAA and the MPAA will be vehemently against anything that reduces their level of control over content.

restin256:
I think most if not all artists should go indie. People who make music for the fun of it or for other people shouldn't exactly demand money from people, you'll find that SuSE makes more than Lindows because they ask for money and not demand it.

Xeen:

quote:Originally posted by restin256:
I think most if not all artists should go indie. People who make music for the fun of it or for other people shouldn't exactly demand money from people, you'll find that SuSE makes more than Lindows because they ask for money and not demand it.
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Might also be because Lindows is kinda crappy.

restin256:
Yeah, but from users I've heard it's n00b-friendly (that is, if you have your credit card on hand).

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