NEWS: Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities

Warner Music is pushing the concept of a “blanket license” for file sharing. Their objective is to get all ISPs to tax everyone’s Internet access, pool the money for the recording industry and then let people share files freely. It’s an “agreement not to sue”, which would allow the industry to sit back lazily and fill their pockets with cash.

Jim Griffin, the man hired by Warner and behind the concept, has been focusing on getting universities to accept the plan first. The idea being that students would be free to file share, but under the university’s strict supervision. Their administration would then give money to the recording industry, which, in return, promises not to sue.

This type of taxation will open the door to many other forms of money grabbing schemes by big corporations that have the ability (read: money) to sue any one that threatens their bottom line. Soon enough, we’ll be seeing a software tax, a movie and TV tax, a video game tax and book tax. A basic presentation that’s being given to these universities is here.

Sources: Slashdot, Techdirt