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Finnish Taxi Drivers Must Pay Music Royalties

Posted by chrisd on from the humming-also-billable dept.

jonerik writes "According to this story from Ananova, Finland's Supreme Court has ruled that taxi drivers must pay royalty fees of about $20 annually if they play music in their car while a customer is in the backseat. According to the article, 'Lauri Luotonen, chairman of the Helsinki Taxi Drivers' Association, says the ruling is likely to force most drivers to keep their radios off.'" This includes if they play the radio, which ostensibly already pays such fees.

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  1. Front Page News? by Elbereth · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Is there some way I can filter out news about Finland's music industry? Before it too gets front page news, I would like to preemtively filter out all news of the music industry in Bolivia, Greenland, the Ukraine, and Poland. Thank you.

  2. OUTRAGEOUS. by mesmartyoudumb · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The JUDANS in the RIAA Need to be burned at the stake. In soviet finland..you must pay 20$ if you sing a copyrighted song in public.

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  3. Re:Makes no sense... by McFly69 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Dam straight, digital extreme fatso!

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