on 11/8/01 11:29 PM, Michael J. Hu=DFmann at michael_at_michael-hussmann.de
wrote:
> The authors and performers get it -- writers, musicians, composers etc..
> For example, at the end of each year I compile a list of all the stuff
> I've written that year and send it to the "VG Wort" (for composers and
> musicians that would be GEMA), and in turn receive a nice sum that's my
> share of this "tax". And I don't even have to prove that anyone thought
> it worthwhile to copy any of my articles.
And the government does this for free? Or do they take their cut? :-)
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y
deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
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