An ECJ courtroom. Source: Court of Justice of the European Union.

EU Court of Justice Says Printer OEMs Must Pay for Consumers’ Copies of Copyrighted Works

By AI staff on July 3, 2013 Courthouse Briefings

We have news in the truth-is-stranger-than-fiction category. Late last week, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued a judgment that will allow European Union (EU) member states to levy taxes against printer OEMs to reimburse copyright holders for the illegal reproductions owners of printers and MFPs might make of copyrighted works. So essentially,

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