COPYING LEVY TALKS BREAKDOWN IN BRUSSELS
January 1st, 2010
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE BREAKDOWN of talks last week in Brussels to harmonise private copying levies has left collecting agencies bemused and disappointed, especially with information and communications technology (ICT) industry representatives. The levies, which are intended to compensate rights holders for private copies made legally on MP3 players and similar devices, are applied in most EU countries "though not in the UK or Ireland" and often differ markedly in rate and application.
Owen Atkinson, chief executive of the Authors Licensing and Collecting ...
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