The lobby groups that proposed the amendment, the Association of Audionautes and the Artist-Public Alliance, want a €2 to €5 a month levy on ISPs to compensate rights holders.

Uploading would remain illegal.
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This is interesting. Probably a decent compromise. I still think that the Record industry should be burnt to ashes and public houses built on top, since they don't offer good value neither to their customers nor to the artists overall.An act like this woul stop the useless bizarre posturing of all camps. Ok, instead of €2, I would prefer something like €0.2/month, but just think like that - approx. 200m in Europe, let's say ~50m with interent access - that is between €100m to €250m a month. Isn't that a rip off?