Edict 49

Edict 49 (scon. Edikt fjyrtigneo) was a Royal Edict passed by Sconic Emperor Wyllem II. Kaldwin on 5 March 2017. It limited the freedom of the Sconic arts in terms of music.

Publication
From now on Sconic music, which was set on the Sconic Index of Arts (due to political radical content), was taxed. For every song on this index the publishers (or artists) had to pay high taxes from now on, otherwise its publication was illegal.

Marketing
It was also forbidden now to earn money with those songs. Thus artists did not only have to pay to publish their radical songs, but they also had to publish it for free from now on.

Violation
The violation of this new law in the form of an Royal Edict is punished severely. Violaters must expect fines from 250-3500 Septims (roughly 472-6615$) or even imprisonments until 5 years. Here it depends on how long a publisher misses to not pay the tax or how long and how much money he has made with an indexed song. Plus one must pay all such illegaly made money back to the state.

Critics
Emperor Wyllem II. was harshly criticized for this edict. Especially political opponents from the left party "Vir kan!" accused him of the violation of the freedom of press. He contradicted that by calling political radical texts "undemocratic, unethical and misanthropic" also he claimed that "political radicals have no place in a high educated society like ours" and "radicals, who fight and hurt others for the enforcement of their opinion are not pitiable".

Edict 49a
Addition a to Edict 49 banned several politcal extreme bands and artists completely. The prohibited persons and bandy were all banned personally by Emperor Wyllem II., on his behest or after counsellors' advices. Amongst these artist were bands like the Sconic punk band Leins Slute, the left-wing extremist band Che Padre or the white power band ''Cold Win. Also the music of the anti-government artist Hjerik ''Marsilio was prohibited, due to anti-democratic and radical anti-regime texts.