Same thing in Germany, although the street singing thing is not specifically forbidden (yet) . GEMA is out to rule the world, blocking youtube if there is a sniff of none GEMA music involved. We can thank Sony and BMG for all this, together with a corrupt political system. If the rewards were distributed to all artist correctly it would make some sense, but the way it works only the biggies get the money, and the performing rights societies of course. That is the way all things are heading, back to the dark ages.


Chris