Advocate General’s Opinion in Case C-467/08 Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) v PADAWAN S.L., from the press release: "Where a Member State, such as Spain, opts for a system of compensation in the form of a levy on digital reproduction equipment, devices and media, such a charge can be regarded as a compensation scheme for private copying which is compatible with the directive only where it may be presumed that those equipment, devices and media are to be used for making private copies. Remuneration which is granted to rightholders as a result of the indiscriminate application of such a levy to undertakings and professional persons, who from experience purchase digital reproduction devices and media for purposes other than private use, is not ‘fair compensation’ within the meaning of the directive".
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Don't look for it in Rome... Nearly two months on, the Commission’s DMA non-compliance decision against Meta was finally published... -
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PCC.land, here .
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SOMO, here .
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Vidéo ici ; texte ici.
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TechPolicy Podcast, here .
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Meta DMA enforcement/compliance workshop, video here.