YTSEJAM Digest 6393
Today's Topics:
1) Royalties
by Brian Hansen <bhansen10@yahoo.com>
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Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 15:24:59 -0800 (PST)
From: Brian Hansen <bhansen10@yahoo.com>
To: ytsejam@torchsong.com
Subject: Royalties
Message-ID: <20021204232459.2484.qmail@web13113.mail.yahoo.com>
Some of you might find this interesting...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_721008.html
Finnish taxi drivers to pay royalties for backseat
music
Finland's Supreme Court has ruled taxi drivers must
pay royalty fees if they play music in their car while
a customer is in the backseat.
The order even applies to the radio.
A case, based on one driver's refusal to pay, is
likely to set a precedent for the 9,500 cab drivers in
the country.
Under the ruling, a cab driver in Finland must pay #14
annually for playing music while transporting a fare.
Lauri Luotonen, chairman of the Helsinki Taxi Drivers'
Association, says the ruling is likely to force most
drivers to keep their radios off.
Recently, two Finnish churches refused to pay
royalties to the country's copyright society for the
performance of Christmas hymns. The congregations won
their case in a district court, but the society has
appealed.
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