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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11569

10 June 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 29
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / (ae) copyright
Not all taxpayers can be forced to pay copyright compensation

Brussels, 09/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - EU rules preclude fair compensation due to authors for private copying of their works from being financed by all taxpayers through non-specific state resources, explained the European Court of Justice in a decision made on Thursday 9 June (C-470/14).

The vast majority of member states finance "fair compensation" through a levy paid to rights holders to compensate their lost income due to reproductions of their work by a natural person for private use...

Contents

BEACONS
SECTORAL POLICIES
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS