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

[Mårten Fjällström]

I'll just check that I have understood it correctly:

A) Since companies and professionals generally does other things with 
their reproduction media, it is not legal to charge them a 'private 
copying levy'?
B) But still legal to charge private persons?
C) The EU court has ruled this and that makes it binding for lower 
courts in the EU, correct?
D) But it still needs to be applied to national law right?
E) Can you force the change by getting a local court to make a ruling?
F) In effect send a professional to buy CD's and sue the store, the 
collection agency or the state?

Regards,
Mårten Fjällström
Party Secretary PPSE

David Arcos wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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