Billy Bragg: Music Industry Wants ISPs to “Do Their Dirty Work”
Calls it an effort to avoid “dragging their customers though the courts, with all the attendant costs and bad publicity,” that they want a “simple, cost-free solution” to illegal file-sharing, and questions whether the music industry really has its best interests of artists in mind. British singer/songwriter Billy Bragg has been a top spokesperson for the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) , a group of UK-based musicians that includes Radiohead, Iron Maiden, Jazzie B, Jools Holland, Kaiser Chiefs, Kate Nash, Klaxons, Richard Ashcroft, Robbie Williams, Sia Furler, and many more. Though their main purpose is “the protection of performers’ and musicians’ rights,” the FAC has been very public of late in their defense of music pirates .
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