"Ook uit onderzoek van onafhankelijke partijen blijkt, dat er behoefte is aan verandering: "Met de huidige ontwikkelingen van P2P-websites en het gebrek aan mogelijkheden tot handhaving van copyrightwetgeving, is het onontkoombaar dat er aanpassingen moeten komen in de wetgeving. Als dit niet gebeurd zal naar verwachting medio 2010 de huidige wetgeving volledig tandeloos zijn." Aldus een onderzoeksrapport van de TUDelft. "
Daaraan voeg ik nu informatie toe die eigenlijk al wat verouderd is (2008) maar het beeld bevestigd van de nabije toekomst wat betreft auteursrecht op internet:
"Londen - 24 juli 2008 - The Independent - Internet users could face an annual charge of up to £30 to download music, under plans to be unveiled today that aim to tackle illegal file-sharing. Ministers are backing proposals that would enable millions of broadband users to pay an annual levy which would allow them to copy as much – previously illegal – music from the internet as they wanted. The money raised would be channelled back to the rights-holders, with artists responsible for the most popular songs receiving a bigger slice of the cash."
Maar in reaktie daarop berichten als deze:
"Londen - 24 juli 2008 - The Independent commentator Rhodri Marsden - "Such a proposal would in effect dump $1bn in the lap of the music industry. But the reaction to it was surprisingly negative: ISPs refused to administer the price rise, consumers who don't download music pledged never to pay up, and record companies – obviously keen to retain what little hold they still have over distribution of music – labelled the proposal a "pipedream"."
Reaktie van een gebruiker - 24 juli 2008 - "But after you've pointed all this out, the filesharer just says "well, bollocks to it, I'm just going to do it anyway. Everyone else is." And that's the point. Everybody is doing it. The government can't be seen to criminalise the majority of the population, so they propose the broadband levy. "
Toch rijzen ook in andere landen rijzen dezelfde plannen:
"Zweden - early 2009(?) - STIM, auteursrechtenorganisatie - "We want to sit down and talk with ISPs about what we and they can do to offer users a way of paying through their Internet charges for the music streaming through the providers’ networks — a way of making their music surfing legal."
De kans dat deze plannen zullen worden uitgevoerd, of een variant hiervan, zijn dus vrij groot. In Frankrijk is Orange al een tijd bezig met een vergelijkbaar project:
"On 12 June Orange is launching Musique Max, the market’s fullest unlimited music download service for PC and mobile - Over a million titles available for downloading, partnership with music majors (EMI Music France, Sony BMG, Universal Music France and Warner Music)
- Downloads to PCs or mobile phones
- All titles downloaded using Musique Max can be kept for an unlimited period and freely
transferred to other digital media such as music players and compatible mobiles. - Musique Max costs €12 per month, with no time commitment."
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