MxxCon Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 According to an AFP report (German derivative work thereof), the Finnish music industry is asking kindergartens to pay about 20 ?uros per month in royalties for singing and performing copyright-protected songs. Marja-Leena Karjula of the national copyright agency Teosto is cited: "Royalties have to be paid for every work that is performed outside of private homes." In a similar vein, last year the Finnish music industry had forced taxi drivers to pay royalties for music played while driving (because passengers might be listening!). source: http://www.infoanarchy.org/story/2003/1/29/02755/7928 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 LOL :rofl: :rofl: They are almost as stupid as the RIAA :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 It CAN'T be April Fool's Day already! JEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :crazy: :o :blink: :pinch: :angry: anita...disgusted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fotix Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 I was going to post this a few days ago, but then I couldn't translate the German text of the original so I left it be. :cry: Like I've said before, it's time to either: A) Reform copyright B) Scrap copyright completely through the Congress or internationally through WIPO. Copyright became copycrap along time ago. :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munki Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 LoL. Taxing the kids too? For shame! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted February 1, 2003 Veteran Share Posted February 1, 2003 yeah that's good steal the kid's milk money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjordan2001 Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 The music industry truely is a heartless corporation :no: Stealing candy (money) from babies...for shame :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 And we thought the RIAA was bad ... can't school be considered fair use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted February 1, 2003 Share Posted February 1, 2003 Well freaking hell... And they wonder why people pirate stuff. Whats gonna happen they put an undercover narc in the kindergarden class, and one day they sing a song that they didn't pay to be able to sing, so they haul the whole kindergarden class off to the slammer? You read stuff like that and makes you think to your self to **** it and pirate everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted February 2, 2003 Share Posted February 2, 2003 huh! :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noir Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 According to an AFP report (German derivative work thereof), the Finnish music industry is asking kindergartens to pay about 20 ?uros per month in royalties for singing and performing copyright-protected songs. Marja-Leena Karjula of the national copyright agency Teosto is cited: "Royalties have to be paid for every work that is performed outside of private homes." In a similar vein, last year the Finnish music industry had forced taxi drivers to pay royalties for music played while driving (because passengers might be listening!). Of course, copyright is not about freedom of speech at all. Those damn kindergarten thieves could always write their own songs. Gotta teach them about copyright while they're still young. Teosto probably took their lessons from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers which, in 1996, tried to force Girl Scout Camps to pay royalties for singing copyrighted songs -- such as "Happy Birthday" and "This Land is Your Land". Source: InfoAnarchy Article: InfoAnarchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphyre1024 Posted February 3, 2003 Share Posted February 3, 2003 :no: what is this world comming to?? :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbang023 Veteran Posted February 3, 2003 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2003 it's only a few posts down you should really check before posting :no: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?act=...=ST&f=8&t=62565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malechai Veteran Posted February 3, 2003 Veteran Share Posted February 3, 2003 its for this same reason that when you go to a restaurant and someone happens to have a birthday, that the staff doesn't come out and sing "happy birthday to youuuu.." ps. threads merged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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