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    Default GEMA strikes again...

    This is getting ridiculous.

    http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/gem...ref_map=%5B%5D

    I don't even know what to say about this.

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    that's... unreal?

    like i can't even respond intelligently my mind is just completely blown, i can't fathom what's being said there could possibly happen in the real world

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    stealing a reddit comment on this, as it applies here as they just copied the fact article

    "This translation is garbage. They're actually removing the existing 30% flat surcharge and instead adding the per-track fee. Also this isn't about laptops, but rather sound files - so switching to a flash drive or whatever won't work. Furthermore the author seems to have no idea who Tanith is which discredits him even further. Yes, it's a huge problem, but also this article isn't even telling close to the full (or even real) story. FACT need to get their facts straight.source: I'm german."


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    so if I don't use a laptop I'm unaffected by this? I can pretty much dj on anything, laptop, vinyl, CDJs. So I could basically just burn all my stuff to cd and use the local CDJs without having to pay? where is the fucking logic in this?

    edit: damn, ninja'd by xone

    hey xone, can you perhaps explain to me in german, I'm not sure I'm getting what you mean

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    Quote Originally Posted by despo View Post
    edit: damn, ninja'd by xone

    hey xone, can you perhaps explain to me in german, I'm not sure I'm getting what you mean
    not my comment, I don't speak german

    taken from here: http://www.reddit.com/r/DJs/comments...based_djs_and/


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    nvm I found the german article on tanithblog. 13 cents per song is ridiculous

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    btw: this "battle" isn´t just berlin vs. gema. the new gema rules will affect the whole country. every club, every bar, everything that plays music to he public. and it´s getting worse day by day. we can only hope that they´re not getting through with all the nonsense they´re about start next year.
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    it is pretty damn ridiculous, even with the tanith revelation! no way that this can go through at all

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    It's a legal government backed Mafia. There is no better way I can describe the GEMA.

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