Star-Ledger on Compulsory Licensing

Newark Star-Ledger: Prof to music labels: Lay off 'cyber-pirate' suits and try a tax

The music industry's war on file-swappers is a messy affair, with no easy answers. But a guy at Harvard has a modest proposal that is sure to stir some passions.

Are you ready for a music tax?

William Fisher's proposal, featured in an upcoming book, makes at least as much sense as music labels suing the pants off their customers/pirates.

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