phr00t2000 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Affordable and yet... (Score 1) 375

by phr00t2000 on Thursday December 04, 2008 @11:38PM (#25998653) Attached to: Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities

There exists something called an "Activities Fee" at our university:

http://www.umass.edu/bursar/explanation.html

e.g. "various agencies providing services and activities for students"

When you go to college, you pay fees for a ton of things you probably don't use already. Do you think you will use 200 of those RSOs? Probably not. Adding the (very small) collective licensing fee would probably be used much more often than RSOs #78-126.

Bottom line is, you already pay for a ton of things you don't use. Collective licensing -- everyone who wants music could benefit from.

Comment This is a good thing (Score 0, Troll) 375

by phr00t2000 on Thursday December 04, 2008 @11:06PM (#25998409) Attached to: Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities

This collective licensing scheme could create an option to get paid WITHOUT labels. indie artists and labels could get part of the pool. I know this, because I spoke with Warner this morning since we *approached them* because we are very interested in this proposal.

Comment I don't get all the hate (Score 1) 375

by phr00t2000 on Thursday December 04, 2008 @11:00PM (#25998377) Attached to: Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities

Warner is finally doing something the EFF wanted all along... collective licensing. Shouldn't we be supporting this?

Finally they will let us share the music however we want, how much we want. No DRM, no worries of lawsuits or copyright infringement...

I hated the RIAA when they were suing people and putting DRM on everything. Now they want to stop that.. I say it's about time!

Comment Yes, indies can be included (Score 3, Informative) 375

by phr00t2000 on Thursday December 04, 2008 @10:53PM (#25998311) Attached to: Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities

I spoke with Warner this morning.

Yes, they specifically said indie artists and labels could sign-on for this and get paid.

/I work at UMass Amherst and I'm trying to get this implemented

Comment This is a good thing! (Score 1) 375

by phr00t2000 on Thursday December 04, 2008 @10:48PM (#25998273) Attached to: Warner Music Pushing Music Tax For Universities

I work at the University of Massachusetts.

I had a conference call with Warner today about this very subject.

This is a good thing. This is just what the EFF wanted:

http://www.eff.org/wp/better-way-forward-voluntary-collective-licensing-music-file-sharing

Now we have a chance to make this a reality, and you guys are shooting it down?

This "music tax" is a fair way for artists and distributors to get paid while letting people listen and share music however they want. No DRM. You get to keep the music after you leave the university. Use any file sharing network you want.

It would only cost $2 to $10 a month (still in the works, they want our input)... what more do you guys want? This is a huge improvement over the current choice of DRM vs. a lawsuit.

Warner wants to work with the Universities to help implement this... I spoke with them directly this morning, and I really believe Warner is trying to do good with this system. Please, let us give them a chance to do something right. This isn't just Warner pressing some evil tax on the Universities, it is just a pilot to let file sharing thrive without limitations.

I hope this program succeeds, I truly do.

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