Yup. Same goes for Finland. It's not much they get paid, but they do. I have it that a significant amount of book authors' income here in Finland comes from getting paid for loans at the library. Same goes for CDs, CD-ROMs, videos and anything else you can loan there.
Same goes for the radio, btw. We play, what we pay. Isn't it so, that in the USA, you can play music on the radio and the station doesn't have to pay anything for that. Now how does that compare to Napster?:)
Both the public library and the public radio (which is BIG here in Finland) are mostly tax-funded. I can listen to all the radio i want and borrow all the books i want, and i've already paid for it!
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Yup. Same goes for Finland. It's not much they get paid, but they do. I have it that a significant amount of book authors' income here in Finland comes from getting paid for loans at the library. Same goes for CDs, CD-ROMs, videos and anything else you can loan there.
Same goes for the radio, btw. We play, what we pay. Isn't it so, that in the USA, you can play music on the radio and the station doesn't have to pay anything for that. Now how does that compare to Napster? :)
Both the public library and the public radio (which is BIG here in Finland) are mostly tax-funded. I can listen to all the radio i want and borrow all the books i want, and i've already paid for it!