COMMISSION PLOTS DIGITAL COPYRIGHT GUIDELINES THAT FAVOUR COMPUTER COMPANIES
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ONCOMING formal guidance from the European Commission on the existing European Union (EU) private copy levy system could weaken existing guarantees ensuring publishers and writers are compensated for unauthorised digital copies. EU internal market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy hinted at a cultural diversity and creative rights conference, in Brussels, that the Commission could push for change to the system where collection societies or trade unions take a fee from DVD recorders, MP3 players or blank DVDs prices. Although the largest slice of ...
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