[FYI] German court slaps fees on CD burners

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/06/25/cd.burner.fees.idg/index.h
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German court slaps fees on CD burners  

By IDG News Service  

(IDG) -- Hewlett-Packard GmbH must pay intellectual-property fees on 
CD burners retroactively for three years, a German court ruled. HP 
said it will appeal the ruling.  

The ongoing legal battle seeks to determine whether buyers of the 
devices must pay a flat fee to offset losses sustained by authors and 
artists whose work is duplicated without their permission. HP is 
fighting the test case on behalf of all hardware makers.  

[...]

The company said copyrighted materials can be better protected 
through a system of individual licensing and per-use fees.  

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