WebProNews » iPod tax http://www.webpronews.com Breaking News in Tech, Search, Social, & Business Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:32:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Legal P2P Might Be Coming To The UK http://www.webpronews.com/legal-p2p-might-be-coming-to-the-uk-2008-06 http://www.webpronews.com/legal-p2p-might-be-coming-to-the-uk-2008-06#comments Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:25:51 +0000 Bruce Houghton http://www.webpronews.com/?p=46044

 The UK may have legal music via P2P licensed at the broadband ISP level by the end of the year, according to the Register. The British government apparently pushed for talks between ISP's and the music industry as a preferred solution to legislation.]]>

 The UK may have legal music via P2P licensed at the broadband ISP level by the end of the year, according to the Register. The British government apparently pushed for talks between ISP’s and the music industry as a preferred solution to legislation. South Korea is close to a similar solution.Uk_flag

It is a radical shift and many hurdles remain to be overcome including wholesale agreement from fractured recording and publishing industries. But all sides seem to agree that something must be done to re-monetize music and no other plan seems to offer similar upside.

COMMENTARY: It could take much longer for a broad experiment…

to be hammered out – perhaps until the end of 2009 – but licensed P2P is coming and the UK will lead the way.  Watch for similar moves along with a so called "iPod tax" on devices that copy and share music to come to the US in the next 2-3 years as well.

And think about how legal P2P would force a shift in many business models. Music 3.0 is right around the corner.

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