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Voluntary collective licensing for music file sharing

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Why can't American peer-to-peer file sharers have the same deal the broadcast radio industry has had for almost 100 years?

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Peter P. Mykytyn

Solving peer-to-peer file sharing problems involving music will require innovation and cooperation among individuals, organizations, and even countries. von Lohmann's suggestion that voluntary collective licensing is better than filing lawsuits against hapless individuals continues to receive attention after being proposed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. As discussed, individuals wishing to download music would pay a nominal monthly fee, such as $5, to continue to share music using whatever technology they like. Songwriters and recording artists would share revenues they are not receiving now, and the more users sign up for such a program, the more revenue is available to the artists. The concept is not new in that it was applied in the early twentieth century when broadcast radio emerged. Today, given that lawsuits don't seem to be the answer, that technology continues to advance, and that individuals will continue to share music, why not just try what has been successfully done before-voluntary collective licensing__?__ Although von Lohmann correctly points out that a lot of things need to come together, for example, getting users to pay for such a service, determining who owns what music, and determining popularity, he also indicates that, in the end, with voluntary collective listening there will be more winners than losers. Online Computing Reviews Service

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 10
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October 2004
95 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1022594
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Published: 01 October 2004
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