There is a simple solution, if the government want to put these stupid laws through and cost the ISP’s millions, the the ISP’s should either refuse access to their networks for anyone in anyway associated with the government.

Let’s see them function without the internet…

I will still continue to buy music cds from the smaller label to support the artists but not the stupid for show mainstream crap the corporations try to force feed us.
Good luck out there, I hope for the best. People should be allowed to be free and sharing and caring is what it’s all about!

Out of the hundreds of ideas, repelling the Digital Economy Act is 5th.
If you want to do something that will help us, and will be read by the Prime Minister and Nick Clegg themselves, please just take 30 seconds of your time to rate the following article or post you (intelligent) views on this ill thought out and rushed act.
It would also be nice if TorrentFreak mentioned this in someway, please, as it would give some much needed press to the matter from a worthy news site.

Link:
yourfreedom.hmg.gov.uk/repealing-unnecessary-laws/digital-economy-act

Expect to see the rest of the UK music industry roundly attacking this PRS-centric idea.

1. If this happened, sharing wouldn’t be illegal anymore, because we’d be paying for it.

2. If piracy doesn’t case losses, RIAA will start paying ISPs for promoting their music?

i dont understand what the fuck they want from public,

anyway guys its http://www.scenetime.com
i think :)

How many infringements do you need to pay us for this month TalkTalk?

There was actually no infringements this week so we don’t owe you anything.

Its like asking a shoplifter to confess when there’s no evidence.

What!? Noo, but then they couldn’t screw people out of their own money.

@Independent artist: I’m not going to deny there should be a form of “incentive” to keep creating art in any form. Art takes time to bring it to perfection, and as we all know, time is money in that sense. The time spent on a regular paying job, is time that one could spend on perfecting their art, thus create a better ability to entertain the fans. BUT in my opinion you don’t hold your fans in high regard as to say they will never be “tipping” you, so to say. As a music fan I see more and more happening around me that my peers (lol) discover great new artists, and are willing to support them, financially also. The key here is that we want to support the artist himself, not the labels, nor the marketeers/distributors. If you’re truly independent AND also a great artist, I’m sure you will be supported by your fans in some way (them buying your “product” directly off you). If the latter isn’t the case (you being a great artist), you can’t blame the music lovers for shutting you out the game…

most of the music downloaded to keep is usenet and a bit off torrents

not sure how they can tell the difference

i would tell them same thing. they better not threatening my ISP… they think money can buy ISP to monitoring their paying customers? oh come on now! PRs better move to Hell…cuz im sure Devil sure controlling them. so now first Devil made Eve ate apple so now Anti-piracy? goddamn retarted.

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That didn’t stop Mozart from making some 600 or so works. He lived most of his life piss poor, he didn’t make a cent from album sales…

As an independant artist myself, I could care less if I didn’t make money from album sales. Music is my hobby. If I don’t make any money from it, then I should probably get a real job doing work.
And if it’s work(and not play) for you to make music…then that’s a problem.

I’ve spent $1000 or so this year on music equipment for me to enjoy. Because people are willing to pay money for their hobbys.

Not to mention ALLL the other arguements – invasion of privacy being pretty high up in my mind.

This PRS idea is just so full of holes im begining to wonder if they even thought it through themselves! Insane!

privacy-tools.es.tc

“It’s profoundly unfair – it is like making a bus company responsible for shoplifters who use their buses to get to the shops,”

Wrong. Said shoplifters could always walk to the store, but without an ISP, people couldn’t get internet access. It’s nothing but willful negligence on the part of the ISP.

I’m not 100% sure but pretty sure that if you lend a game or cd to a friend you are breaking the copyright law.

Copyright needs to go, and by sharing with p2p we have basically made it insignificant :D

Art is not a product. If it is, I want warranty just like on any other product.

And I want to a toilet made of solid gold… but it’s not in the cards, now is it baby?

PARASITES!

but only if it would take out all responsibility from the users and let the big shark of this world deals with their big money and stupid, anti-constitutional and out of their time laws. That way they can let us download what we want when we want without limits….

amen !

Also, #14 has a point, they present ppl with shady biased data and obscure revenue figures and they want us to believe in what they say. I can see how fair they are to the artists, specially the ones that don’t generate massive revenue.

If I were in the UK I’d join the pirate party there for sure and I’d be doing some noise. It seems there’s a pirate party in their infant form here, I’m following their development. Still, copyright is not that bad here although there are some imbeciles inside the govt that are advocating like Mr Mandy was to the UK bill they have been ignored so far.

I wonder how far will this idiocy go. How far are the govts going to allow failed companies to consume public resources in lawsuits, destroy lives and be a burden on other companies.

The operative word here is ‘claimed’. It’s generally known that the copywrong cartel’s loss claims are pulled out of their collective ass, and totally detached from reality. Much like their bullshit claim of protecting artists.

“The PRS believes this is a unique opportunity to use these statistics to charge ISPs accordingly, by putting a price tag on the traffic volume generated by illicit downloaders.”

Oh, like that piracy tax on recordable media isn’t enough? Silly me, of course it isn’t. I gotta call bullshit on this crap, too.

“TalkTalk further emphasizes that the music industry should focus on building sustainable business models though innovation and by listening to consumers instead.”

Like pirates and other parties in the know haven’t been saying that for years.
But as someone else posted, the copywrong robber barons would find it harder to screw artists and the public if they adapted to the times.

PRS = Yet Another Bunch Of Soulless Greedy Jackbooted Assholes Who’s Sole Existence Is To Rip You And Me Off.

Over 12,000GPB (18000USD) per year!

(prsformusic! Yeah, more like prsformoney)

FUCK! They’ll claim anything! One download is not one lost sale! Most of the stuff I download I never watch again.

This will increase the price of ISP 500%

Death to the industry!

They should have their legal basis removed and be forced into the open before spouting about forcing others to do the same. Do as you would be done by.