Thursday, 30. January 2003
Topic: - on January 30, 2003 at 6:31:03 AM CET
Finnish Music Industry Wants Kindergartens to Pay for Singing
According to an AFP report, the Finnish music industry is asking kindergartens to pay about 20 €uros per month in royalties for singing and performing copyright-protected songs. Marja-Leena Karjula of the national copyright agency Teosto is cited: "Royalties have to be paid for every work that is performed outside of private homes." In a similar vein, last year the Finnish music industry had forced taxi drivers to pay royalties for music played while driving (because passengers might be listening!).
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