IP VIOLATION AND IMMEDIATE BAN ON DOWNLOADING IN THE NETHERLANDS
The amount of the levy payable for making private copies of a protected work may not take unlawful reproductions into account
The European Copyright Directive* permits Member States to lay down an exception to the exclusive reproduction right of holders of copyright and related rights so that private copies may be made (the private copying exception). It also provides that Member States which decide to introduce such an exception into their national law are required to provide for the payment of ‘fair compensation’ to copyright holders in order to compensate them adequately for the use of their protected works or …
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