David Ticoll, the Globe and Mail technology columnist, picks up on the prospect for an alternative compensation system for online music. Ticoll cites Professor Geist's recent proposal for the legalization of peer-to-peer file sharing. see: A taxing proposal to solve the music download dilemma also see: Bangoura v. Washington Post
Alternative Compensation System for Music Picks Up Steam
March 11, 2004
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Anyone have a copy?
The Globe & Mail seems to have taken that story offline. Is there any chance that you could post it here, or is it now copyrighted by the Globe? đ
Just googled it…
and came up with this site:
http://www.goodnightkiss.com/musictax.html
My only question is, when was the article originally published in the Globe?