German Court Sets Copyright Tax on New PCs

Posted by michael on Friday December 31, 2004 @11:00PM from the since-you're-paying-already,-might-as-well-fire-up-kazaa dept.

graemee pastes: "The District Court of Munich has ordered Fujitsu Siemens Computers to pay a copyright levy on new PCs. The landmark decision, announced on Thursday, ends a nearly two-year dispute between the largely Germany-based computer maker and the country's VG Wort rights society, which has sought compensation for digital copying. VG Wort had filed a suit against Germany's largest PC maker, Fujitsu Siemens, seeking 30 euro (US$41) for each new computer sold in the country. The court agreed to a 12 euro copyright levy."

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German Court Sets Copyright Tax on New PCs

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