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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9602

15 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/intellectual property
Commission rekindles debate on remuneration under private copyright

Brussels, 14/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - “I am relaunching today a consultation process on copyright levies. These are the levies which are applied in 24 member states to compensate rights-holders from losses accruing due to private copying of protected works”, Charlie McCreevy said on Thursday 14 February. This subject is a real minefield for the European internal market commissioner who was unable, in December 2006, to impose a non-binding recommendation on this explosive theme (see...

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