reinforced in their muddy boots through voting Hadopi2 the Lourdeaux of SACEM brament cons that the scandal of illegal downloading transmit a layer on the need to tax Internet access providers. Why? Because they have benefited, implicitly offering illegal downloads to expand sales of broadband subscribers.
Even if it is proved that the argument implied free downloading and illegal has played a prominent role in the commercial development of ISP, yet should we measure this impact. Parents who take a Triple Play package and do not know much about the Internet, unlike their children who attend them, eventually, mass download certainly do not consider this argument. On the contrary, the less computer-savvy / internet more they will tend to avoid downloading and forbid their children.
But to advance this debate should make a thorough study of the marketing arguments ISPs based on their results. It is widely available, even if it is not easy to agree on a study protocol, because ISPs are companies that publish their results and are accountable to their shareholders. Gold is an organization SACEM all there is more opaque.
short, when SACEM may wish to show more transparency in its management she may be starting to demand accountability from companies whose business is carried on a competitive sector, as opposed to a private administration established in a quasi-monopoly.
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