Electronics manufacturers on Wednesday threatened legal action to force European governments to drop an extra charge on iPods and blank CDs after EU regulators backed off a plan to reform copyright levies. Artist rights groups in most European countries charge copyright fees on blank discs, data storage and music and video players. Manufacturers claim the levies are "unjustified and illegitimate" now that digital copyright technologies are being introduced to protect against illegal duplications.
December 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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Electronics manufacturers on Wednesday threatened legal action to force European governments to drop an extra charge on iPods and blank CDs after EU regulators backed off a plan to reform copyright levies.
The threat came as the European Commission suddenly backed away from plans to reform the system.
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