[FYI] File-swappers 'should be paid'

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39145550,00.htm>

File-swappers 'should be paid'

Reuters

February 06, 2004, 11:20 GMT

Rather than being hit by lawsuits, file-sharers should be paid for 
converting their collections to legal formats, according to an 
industry trade group

Internet users could collect paychecks rather than lawsuits when they 
share music through "peer-to-peer'' networks like Kazaa, under a 
proposal outlined by an industry trade group on Thursday.

Rather than losing millions of dollars in potential sales to online 
song swappers, the recording industry should give them a cut of the 
revenues when they distribute songs in a protected format, the 
Distributed Computing Industry Association said. 

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