Technology journalist Andrew Orlowski has suggested that a 'tax' on top of monthly ISP subscription charges could be collected and paid to the music industry in order to 'pay' for illegally downloaded tracks. He sees it as a way of tackling the online piracy problem in an 'enlightened' way.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3674270.stm
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"I do not have kids and I do not have a car but I do not have any objection to paying for roads and schools because it is better that they are there rather than not."
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Sorry, the connection between music and our national infrastructure is .... what, exactly?
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He added that the idea of a surcharge was winning the broad backing of many in the music industry including legendary figure Tony Wilson formerly of Factory Records.
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I bet it is.
