Money Collection Act

The Money Collection Act (Finnish: rahankeräyslaki, 255/2006) is a law in Finland that establishes the requirement for a permit to solicit donations.[1][2] The law has got worldwide media attention twice: once when delaying crowdfunding of a textbook[3] and the second time when Finnish Police Board targeted Wikimedia Foundation for raising funds.[4]

References
  1. "Money Collection Act - unofficial translation by Ministry of the Interior" (PDF).
  2. Antti Hemmilä. "Legal Challenges Related To Crowdfunding, Volume 1". Archived 2014-10-17 at the Wayback Machine ArcticStartup.
  3. "Finnish Bureaucracy Takes Issue With Crowdfunded Textbook - Slashdot". Yro.slashdot.org. 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
  4. "Finnish Police Board Wants Justification For Wikipedia's Fundraising Campaign - Slashdot". Yro.slashdot.org. Retrieved 2014-04-22.


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