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September 26, 2012 03:05 am

EU Court Asked To Rule On Private Copying


Techmeology writes "The Dutch Supreme Court has asked the European Court of Justice to decide whether downloading copyrighted material for personal use — even from illegal sources — is legal. At the heart of the debate is whether the European Copyright Directive requires that any new legal copy of material must have originated from a copy that is itself legal. The case tests the law in the Netherlands, where copyright holders are granted a levy on blank media in exchange for the legalization of private copying."In the Netherlands, it is already legal to download from illegal sources. But EU law might conflict and trump that.

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