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Finland to add royalty fees to mobile phones, USB drives?
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The following comments relate to this news article:
article published on 14 November, 2008
Teosto (Finnish Composers' Copyright Society) has officially requested that USB drives and mobile phones with MP3 playback function should join the products -- such as DVDs and DVRs -- with a recording/storage device royalty fee. Teosto has been fighting for the right to add the fees to mobile phones for two years now and now they want both external hard drives and thumb drives included ... [ read the full article ]
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shinkai
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14. November 2008 @ 10:44 |
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Fighting for reviving something that is practically dead.. what?
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14. November 2008 @ 11:04 |
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and exactly how do they distribute this money should this pass?
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14. November 2008 @ 11:49 |
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what about people who dont copy music to thier flashdrives, that aint fair to them.
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masa92
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14. November 2008 @ 12:56 |
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Originally posted by Leningrad:
what about people who dont copy music to thier flashdrives, that aint fair to them.
This is capitalism my friend. Teosto is like a legal mafia in Finland, they can do anything, and they don't even need to kill DAs to continue their collection of consumers money.
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14. November 2008 @ 14:25 |
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This is exactly why many of us oppose this kind of crap.
Where will it end?
I have a phone that CAN play MP3's, but I don't put any on there, nor do I own ANY music subject to any kind of royalty.
A thumb drive doesn't even have the capability to play the music!
What about SDram or other memory options?
Do I have to pay a royalty whenever a song comes up inside of my head???
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Jaussi
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14. November 2008 @ 14:40 |
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Originally posted by ThePastor:
Do I have to pay a royalty whenever a song comes up inside of my head???
According to Teosto, yes.
And how much of those royalties would go to the people who make the music (whom Teosto according to themselves are protecting) ? Not one cent I bet.
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beanos66
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14. November 2008 @ 16:18 |
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Originally posted by ThePastor:
Do I have to pay a royalty whenever a song comes up inside of my head???
and if you happen to whistle a couple of bars, everybody around you has to pay royalties
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14. November 2008 @ 17:30 |
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Damn it! there a song in my head, now i have to pay royalties.
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14. November 2008 @ 17:59 |
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Quote:
Originally posted by ThePastor:
Do I have to pay a royalty whenever a song comes up inside of my head???
and if you happen to whistle a couple of bars, everybody around you has to pay royalties
mmm.... exploitable...
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