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January 3, 2005

Fujitsu Siemens to pay Copyright Tax on New PCs


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Fujitsu Siemens has been ordered by the Munich District Court (Germany) to pay 12 Euro copyright tax for each new machine it sells. The court believes that since the machine could be bought by pirates Fujitsu Siemens should pay the same tax that the makers of blank audio and video cassettes have to pay. This ruling brought some joy to the VG Wort rights society who has been fighting for more than two years to get money from PC companies. VG now plans to take the copyright levy to every other computer company in Germany.
The landmark case means that Germany will become the first EU country to impose a copyright levy on new PCs.

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