From our friends over at Wired magazine, apparently some of the big four music labels are thinking about seeking out a fee from Internet Service Providers to compensate music industry writers and performers who's music is presumably being pirated over their networks.

According to the Wired article, "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. A collecting agency would divvy up the money according to artists' popularity on P2P sites, just as ASCAP and BMI pay songwriters for broadcasts and live performances of their work."

So my question is if we are forced to pay a fee for music each month, would all music then be free to download and share?

Thoughts?