would you pay for new media ?
Im outraged. Im seriously thinking about moving to another country! . The danish government and Danmarks Radio has made a “new media license” where you have to pay a license around 2000 DKR yearly ( or about 180 pounds ) to have a computer or an ipod or a cellphone - or other devices that can receive images. basically if it can connect to the internet; you pay!
Still if you have a TV it’s only a small addition. but isn’t this monopolising the internet at it’s worst ?
But wait : in addition Danmarks Radio is going to deliver public services on all platforms. yey hooray!
this will give DR a revenue of 400 million DKR but as the danish “culture” minister Brian Mikkelsen states: ” it has to be used for digitalisation, public service fonds and new programs”.
wow I must say, I am genuinely thrilled.
May 10th, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Nu er det jo kun et upspil til et forlig som er kommet på bordet. Forhandlingerne skal først til at begynde.
May 10th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
men alligevel.. thumbs nedad herfra.. det mener jeg bare slet ikke man kan !
May 10th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
I vanlig dovendemokratisk stil har jeg selvfølgelig ikke læst udspillet. Licens på enheder som kan modtage tv synes jeg er rimeligt nok, f.eks. computere med tv-tuner. Det har altid været lidt fjollet at man ikke skulle betale licens for den slags.
Det synes også rimeligt at det kun er folk som betaler licens som kan benytte de nye upspil fra DR (som eks. podcasts). Men der skal jo være tale om en stærkt reduceret licens fordi det kun er en brøkdel af DR indhold som tilbydes via de kanaler. Rent praktisk er det nok nemmere at ordne over skatten.
May 10th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
andreas jeg følger dig helt, men jeg syntes sgu at det er for meget at de skære alle over en kam og siger stort set alle med en internetopkobling…
det er jo ikke os alle der “kun” surfer rundt på DR’s hjemmesider og downloader podcasts..
May 10th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
Outrageous - I never download movies - film skal ses i biografen
I go to the cinema
For me Internet is FREE - my choice - If they want to take a fee for their product - feel free - Then I will feel free not to visit there site again - Why not charge pedestrians in center of copenhagen (soon you cant park anywhere in copenhagen without paying) the sidewalk will be overcrowded with people -
no wait lets charge a fee walking in denmark? I am moving to sweden or taking part in a small self-sufficient community - sooner…Why the hell do we pay tax?
May 11th, 2006 at 12:43 am
Man…this is why Net Neutrality is SOOOOO important.
I trust government about as much as I trust big companies. Keep your eye on that money.