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German Mediator Recommends Copyright Levy on Computers
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 15:30:34 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 21:25:51 +0100 To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: German Mediator Recommends Copyright Levy on Computers German Mediator Recommends Copyright Levy on Computers By BRANDON MITCHENER Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BRUSSELS -- A German Patent Office mediator Tuesday asked personal-computer makers to pay copyright owners 12 ($13) for every new PC they sell as compensation for private digital copying, raising the likelihood of a court battle over the royalties. PC industry representatives immediately signaled their intention to challenge the nonbinding recommendation, which marks the latest chapter in a year-old fight between hardware manufacturers and collecting societies representing copyright owners worried by a significant increase in private copying. "Fujitsu Siemens and the rest of the industry presumably will reject the suggestion," and the case will head to court, said Thomas Vinje, a Brussels lawyer who represents German PC maker Fujitsu Siemens Computers, which is at the center of the dispute following demands by German reprography rights society VG Wort. VG Wort wasn't immediately available to comment. Fujitsu Siemens is a joint venture of Fujitsu Ltd. of Japan and Siemens AG of Germany. --snip-- http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB1044385225838491533,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://www.tapsns.com/members-bio/geoff-goodfellow.shtml ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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