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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9198

24 May 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ict/copyright
CLRA denounces perverse effects of copyright levies collection system in Europe

Brussels, 23/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - The system for calculating copyright levies in compensation to copyright holders in the European Union is responsible for generating losses that are twice as big as the revenue collected. This is the result from a study published last week by the Copyright Levies Reform Alliance (CLRA), which denounced the perverse effects produced by this system. The CLRA says that this system also hampers the development of new technologies in European countries. The...

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