We’re in talks with YouTube to come to an agreement, that their operations in Latvia are licensed. There is no licensing agreement yet, so, as I already mentioned, we think that all of YouTube material is illegal in the territory of Latvia. But, we’ve started correspondence, and hope that an agreement will be signed as soon as possible, and YouTube will be available legally to all residents of Latvia.
Seems that the Latvian copyright agency has written emails to over 500 local bloggers asking them to pay copyright fees for displaying YouTube videos. That means even embedding a YouTube video means you have to pay licensing fees! Another example of an agency not understanding the medium - its a marketing vehicle you idiots, use it as such..... the bloggers are doing the work for you!
Read more here ( English)
Google translated Latvian pages here
