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`Gang of 10' deal.
Music Business Group unite this week to tackle key private copyright recommendation in Gowers consultation
The Music Business Group is backing up its joint industry proposal on private copying with some of the most up-to-date statistics available on consumer habits.
It has specially commissioned research from the University of Hertfordshire, part of which shows that 94.5% of people engage in some form of copying.
Allied with Apple CEO Steve Jobs' recent admission that 97% of the music on a typical iPod is ripped from CDs, this demonstrates just how prevalent the practice is.
The licensing model suggested as a way for the Government to deal with Recommendation 8 is, therefore, a neat and tidy solution in copyright law to an activity that is widespread and, currently, quite illegal.
It could provide fair compensation for rights holders and is based on something that the music industry already has experience with and does very well.
MBG chairman Stephen Navin says, "Our business is licensing. We have a right and we say we are willing to license it."