[pp.int.general] The ‘private copying levy’ and European Union law

[David Arcos]

Hi Nicolas,

the lawyer who won that case, Josep Jover, is number 1 of our lists (Pirates
de Catalunya) in Lleida (his province)
http://pirata.cat/bloc/?p=573

Should you have any question, just ask us :)

Cheers,


On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Nicolas Sahlqvist <nicco77 at gmail.com>wrote:

> The Court of Justice of the European Union gave it's opinion on the
> Spanish PADAWAN vs. SGAE case by saying:
>
> "The application of the ‘private copying levy’ to reproduction media
> acquired by undertakings and professionals for purposes other than private
> copying is not compatible with European Union law"
>
> Furthermore they justify a 'private copying levy’ for private persons
> buying CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R and MP3 devices etc. since they can presume to use
> the devices to copy protected work and thereby cause harm to the author.
>
>
> http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2010-10/cp100106en.pdf
>
>
> - Nicolas
>
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