ArcticStartup Should Be Taxed For Copyright Purposes, Just In Case
Last night I came home to read some news that Finland is considering adding a copyright tariff on external hard drives. A similar tariff is added to all different empty media, in this case empty CDs, DVDs, cassette tapes and so on. Now, the Finnish parliament is discussing the possibility of adding this tariff to all external hard drives. It's plain stupidity that will offer artists comfort for a year or so, before it begins to both hurt them and businesses selling hard disks.
Old Media Sues New Media: Case TV-Kaista
A huge group of Finnish old media companies and different organisations are wishing TV-Kaista a Merry Christmas in the form of a lawsuit for TV-Kaista's service offering, according to Helsingin Sanomat. TV-Kaista has become famous in Finland (and outside Finland as well) to enable television watching regardless of time and location - up to two weeks that is. TV-Kaista offers the possibility to view any of the 11 Finnish televison channels over the internet two weeks back. This does not go down well with MTV Media, Sanoma Television, Yleisradio, Kopiosto, Teosto and Sound and Video producers' association.
