How France Saves the Music Industry

On Habré, the problems of the music and film industry have been actively discussed lately. The filmmakers ’complaints that the Internet is taking bread and butter from them slip through, while someone“ great ”at this time decides to collect lost profits from disks and flash cards.

An original way out of the crisis was proposed by France. The local government wants to introduce the so-called "music cards" - credit cards designed specifically for the purchase of music content. They will be issued to young people from 12 to 25 years old, keep on balance 50 euros, and cost only 25. Why so? The remaining amount is to be borne by the French government.

Thus, lobbyists offer to wean teens from illegal downloading of information and accustom them to fair purchase of music.

The program will last 2 years and during this time the state plans to sell 2 million cards. That is, government spending will amount to € 50 million.

The European Commission, in response to such an initiative, said that it would be a good and thoughtful step in the fight against piracy, and would help contain the growth of “distorted competition” (translated - meaning competition from the side of mp3 portals)

Based on materials: arstechnica.com