By: laacz
@daniel_charms To my knowledge, none of this money goes to state (except taxes, of course). It is non governmental organization. Law says that it can withold up to 24% of all its earnings for...
View ArticleBy: zaelic
The Royalty Agencies in a lot of east European small nations were quick to realize that royalty collection could become a big and profitable racket. Here in Hungary, we have Artisjus, (danger:...
View ArticleBy: daniel_charms
This is obviously an attempt to patch the gaping hole in the Latvian state budget.
View ArticleBy: burnmp3s
In the internet specific sense of the word "hosting", they are not hosting, but in a broader sense it might be seen the other way. Which is the same basic issue involved in the the Pirate Bay trial,...
View ArticleBy: cimbrog
From the links, it sounds like they are going after the easy targets instead of trying to fight Google. It does raise an interesting question, though. Are embedded videos to be considered simply as...
View ArticleYouTube embeds considered illegal in Latvia
Latvian copyright agency in Latvia wrote emails to over 500 local bloggers asking them to pay copyright fees for embedded YouTube videos (so far only one english post). Even more - in an interview...
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