Saturday, 18. January 2003
Topic: - on January 18, 2003 at 6:39:12 PM CET
Music Exec: ISPs Must Pay Up for Music-Swapping
A top music executive said on Saturday that telecommunications companies and Internet service providers (ISPs) will be asked to pay up for giving their customers access to free song-swapping sites.
The music industry is in a tailspin with global sales of CDs expected to fall six percent in 2003, its fourth consecutive annual decline. A major culprit, industry watchers say, is online piracy.
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