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0 pointsmhd15y ago0 comments

International copyright laws are a bit of a mess.Also, in lots of countries you have to pay a fee if you're "performing" publicly. And according to some agencies, Youtube videos do count as such. If I remember correctly, one such agency, the German GEMA wanted to collect 12 Euro cents each time a major label video was watched on youtube.

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kahawe15y ago· 2 in thread

> the German GEMA

Another thing that should be against the law...

Even if I only have an internet access at my home, no TV and no radio, I still have to pay a quarterly "licence fee" (see http://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/licencefee/) because certain public stations have a website and could offer certain TV or radio programs on their website.

CrazedGeek15y ago

Are you sure you have to pay the license fee? http://www.tvlicensing.co.uk/check-if-you-need-one/topics/wh... seems to suggest otherwise.

kahawe15y ago

Sorry, this was mis-leading... I was actually talking about the German GEMA rules and only used the BBC website as an example for "license fee" since I am not sure this is the correct translation for what the German GEMA and that "tax on radio and tv" is all about and I doubt anything like that exists in the USA.

_delirium15y ago· 1 in thread

True, but I think he was asking why the meta-information isn't provided, where you'd be able to click on something next to a video and get information about which regions it's available in.

ordinary15y ago

Yeah, exactly.

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