the music industry is for the first time seriously considering a file sharing surcharge that internet service providers would collect from users.
seek an extra fee on broadband connections and to use the money to compensate rights holders for music that's shared online.
Griffin's idea is to collect a fee from internet service providers -- something like $5 per user per month -- and put it into a pool that would be used to compensate songwriters, performers, publishers and music labels.
they are thinking about collecting a fee from internet service providers, about $5 per month each user and that money would be used to "compensate songwriters, performers, publishers and music labels".