--- Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:43:52 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v548) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-4-529490129 Subject: Finnish taxi drivers to pay royalties for backseat music From: Bryce Kretschmann <oafat_private> To: declanat_private Message-Id: <D7921D00-0729-11D7-9EF7-000393BB828Cat_private> Hi, Declan, Annanova put this up a couple hours ago, quoting no source. Lauri Luotonen does appear to be chairman of the Helsinki Taxi Driver's Association, but I've not been able to find free Finnish-English machine translation, so this is it. 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. Story filed: 17:43 Tuesday 3rd December 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q\clan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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