[pp.int.general] Welcome all form Poland

[Marvin Kauw]

Rickard Olsson schreef:
> Rick Falkvinge (Piratpartiet) wrote:
>
>   
>> It might be a good starting point, but I'd still want to raise a word of
>> caution here, as those levies confirm that the content aggregation
>> industry somehow has a _right_ to receive public money, regardless of
>> whether their business model is viable or even contributes to society.
>>     
>
> Indeed. Most collecting societies manage to keep the money themselves so 
> labeling this as a move to "ensure that artists get paid" is not only 
> misleading but downright wrong.
>
> Example: SAMI is in charge of collecting royalties for performing 
> artists in Sweden. In 2005 they received 283 million SEK, paid out a 
> total of 137 millions SEK to artists and still managed to post operating 
> losses of three millions.
>
> Now, I've only studied a year of business economics but I can tell you 
> that if I had been an artist I would have attended their shareholder's 
> meeting with a torch and a pitchfork.
>
>   / Richie
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The operation in charge for collecting money for artist in our country 
is Stichting Thuiskopie,
if you do not pay "taxes" for your blank media and you get caught when 
trespassing the countryborder they will fine you and seize your products.
Now the weird part: they even sold the seized blank media and made 
serious profit!