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Slovakia: SOZA Strikes Again

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Slovakia, Arts & Culture, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Law, Protest

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.”