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German court slaps fees on CD burners

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/06/25/cd.burner.fees.idg/index.html

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.

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

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