One year after having been defeated by public opinion, the Slovak Performing and Mechanical Rights Society (SOZA), which was asking fees for embedded videos on web pages [1], strikes again. Now SOZA wants fees for St. Nicholaus and Mother's Day performances, during which children recite nursery rhymes and sing folk songs [2] [sk]. In response, people are organizing [3] [sk] daily singing protests [4] [sk] in front of the SOZA office. The caption to this image [5] reads [sk]: “SOZA. We know what you're singing in the shower.”
Slovakia: SOZA Strikes Again
· Written by Tibor Blazko
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Slovakia, Arts & Culture, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Law, Protest