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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. Re:For listening..... by jred · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Thanks, I had almost forgotten that the new episode of the Osbournes was coming on tonight :)

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  2. Re:pay up taco by Das_Trench · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All your comments belong to Slashdot... ...for great justice move zig...

    ok, im really sorry I just had to post that.

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  4. Re:This only made it to the frontpage because... by ttsalo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yeah, but back in the seventies, when we still had the ice age, the reindeer-pulled taxi sleds sure were a smooth ride. Sadly the progress has mostly gone backwards since then. Less polar bears on the streets is a plus, though.

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