Press Release: Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-467/08. Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) v PADAWAN SL

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Series Details No.45, 2010 (11.5.10)
Publication Date 11/05/2010
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According to Advocate General Trstenjak a levy on private copies may be imposed on digital equipment, devices and media only where it may be presumed that they are to be used for private copying. Such a levy in favour of authors, artists and producers may not be applied indiscriminately to undertakings and professional persons who clearly acquire the equipment and data media for other purposes.

Source Link http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2010-05/cp100045en.pdf
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