Press Release: Judgment in Joined Cases C-457/11 to C-460/11. Verwertungsgesellschaft Wort (VG Wort) v Kyocera, Epson Deutschland GmbH, Xerox GmbH, Canon Deutschland GmbH and Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH, Hewlett-Packard GmbH v VG Wort

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Series Details No. 80, 2013 (27.6.13)
Publication Date 27/06/2013
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The levy for the reproduction of protected works can be imposed on the sale of a printer or a computer.

Member States enjoy a broad discretion to determine who must pay that levy, the purpose of which is to compensate authors for the reproduction of their work without their authorisation.

Source Link http://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2013-06/cp130080en.pdf
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