The restaurateur, known as the “Wutwirtin”, was twice caught by inspectors playing music in her restaurant without paying for it during an inspection. Just a few weeks ago, an examiner dined at her inn with protected carols. The punishment was very mild.
A landlady from Linz, who had made a name for herself as a leading figure of opponents of the Corona measures, had to appear before the Linz Regional Court on Thursday for illegally playing copyrighted music pieces – including Christmas classics such as ‘Feliz Navidad’. “, “War Is Over” and “Do They Know It’s Christmas Time” played in their bar.
Very mild punishment
Twice, once in their old restaurant, and a few weeks ago in their new restaurant in Lichtenberg. As previously reported, she would have had to pay almost 5,000 euros. The verdict was particularly lenient on Thursday: the stubborn landlady got away with only 60 daily rates of four euros each, a total of 240 euros plus legal costs.
AKM secures income for composers
Whenever a copyrighted piece of music is performed publicly or in front of an audience, royalties must be paid to the artist, composer or rights holder. In Austria this is handled by the AKM (Authors, Composers and Music Publishers).
Source: Krone
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