Open Letter to Minister Van Quickenborne; regarding the growing digital market with glowing possibilities towards a growing culture of indie artists and the ever limiting Auvibel tax getting real on 1 february 2010. All external hdd’s, memory cards, usb sticks, settop boxes and mp3/mp4 players will be taxed with extra by Auvibel; even if used only for own materials. This tax is to support the artist, while the common artist, not connected to a collection-rights agency will get nothing.
Tag Archive: Common Rights
Nov
05
Get ready to act against ACTA !
About 40 countries participate in the ACTA, a secret treaty; ready to attack your future, your legacy and your rights! Get ready to act against one of the most limiting global treaties on this planet; currently under discussion between the US, EU, Korea and Swiss. Artists, fans, creators and anyone who is fond of art, think twice before getting this sucked up in the current environment of corporate greed where murder and rape are compared to nothing in justice…
Apr
02
Movies for Dutch AND French talking people!
Imagine yourself, you’ve just had a pleasant dinner and you’re running out with some quality wine, the lights are slightly dimmed and you consider renting a movie to finish the day in a most relaxed way. There you are in that videotheque with more than hunderds of dvd’s ready to watch from the comfort of your sofa. In Belgium this isn’t always that simple as it looks like!
Mar
07
Music Industry, wakeup call for alternative licensing!
Who says music can’t be free while creating value? Think twice, because NiN’s CC-Licensed album, Ghosts I-IV, has been one of the best selling albums of 2008! This while this album could be freely downloaded as Creative Commons release. This is clearly the evidence Creative Commons can cooperate perfectly together with licensing; while NiN fans could have turned to any file sharing network to download the entire CC-BY-SA album legally.
Feb
18
Sabam really for the common?
I’ve been DJ, dedicated music collector and producing loops, now for over 15 years; but the real deal started in early 2008, when my studio was finally returned back into fully working production state. I’ve started finishing my older productions and released them as lower quality 128kbit mp3’s with Creative Commons+ license through my website. …
Jul
03
Software Patents, your last call for innovation!
This upcoming next wednesday, 6th of July, the EU Parliament has a last chance to prevent the US-software patents madness in the EU. These patents will prevent the normal citizen to create and innovate. These patents will prevent the citizen to put a normal poll, a e-commerce shop or a guestbook online without having the …
