ASCAP Demands Additional Performance Tax for Ringtones
You got yourself a brand new cell phone. You then go do the honest thing and pay that huge amount of money for a ring tone and put it on your cell phone and set it to be your ring tone. Apparently, you now have to hope that your phone doesn’t ring or [...]
Is It Right to Consider the Internet as Little More Than a Broadcaster?
There is a growing trend to define the internet as little more than a “broadcaster”, but isn’t it a bad thing to start considering the internet little more than just another TV station?
Many would argue that the internet has been one of mans greatest inventions, in part, because it gives citizens new-found freedoms and a [...]
Germans unhappy with TV tax for mobiles and PCs
Germany is to introduce a TV tax for both PC and (UMTS) mobile phones that can receive television. The tax could be as high as €17 per month.
Consumers that are already paying for radio and TV at home need not pay extra, but companies do. They may even have to pay for every location PCs [...]
