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<DIV>> Is there any reason to find not desirable to answer all the questions,
apart from RMOs being utterly surprised? If you're willing to, I may send >
you a report about actions from Spanish RMOs and also about opacity regarding
levies in Spain -and also may Valentin (reporting about </DIV>
<DIV>> SACEM) and other PPI folks do the same with their national levies
issues- to let you see why we shouldn't care if RMOs become disgusted > with
our inquiries.</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>yes, there is more than one
reason:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>1. time: only three weeks
are left and imho the priority would be to write an excellent "strategy" paper
that - at last - clarifies the copyright paradox. Also: the situation in all
member states is different (that is why the Commission thinks about
harmonising), so the "facts" effort must be made member state by member state,
which is well beyond our reach.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>2. need: the quoted
Commission website itself says that not all respondents must answer all
questions</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff size=2>The example you give is a
tricky one: if you say you are not aware of whatever, then you must be
pretty sure that not perhaps indeed it happened outside your scope. Then you
only demonstrate you lack knowledge.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#0000ff
size=2>Reinier</FONT> <BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>