We just arrive yesterday in Amsterdam and we had a few surprises! First of all, the city decided to give only 10 licences these year to play on the main spots with amplification. So forget it if you come as us to play here for a few weeks. Also even if you are lucky and own a license, it's only possible to play with amplification 3 days a week, thursday, friday, saturday and from 12h to 13h, 15h to 16h, 18h to 19h and 20h to 21h, so even if you have a license you can play only a few shows three days a week! Also i was told that you can not use fire anymore. Well, we started our trip from Canada with Amsterdam and now we don't know where to go, who has a good idea?
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I see at least 2 options...in no particular order.
The first would be to call each city hall/police and ask if a permit is required. The second: It's better to beg forgiveness rather than seek permission.
The second is what I used and only got kicked out of a few places...
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I'm afraid Officer Friendly has it backwards. The burden of proof always resides with the Plaintiff, in this case the city. They would have to prove you actively solicited money. This would be impossible if it never happened. They would also need witnesses. Just accepting...
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