The expansion of the thuiskopieheffing for devices including smartphones, tablets, and digital recorders must be tens of millions of euro’s muster, according to a study by PwC, the actual damage caused by illegal copy lwa running at only 12.1 million per year. The amount would be much lower if download is excluded.
Per 1 January is the thuiskopieheffing in all probability be extended to other portable music players, smartphones, tablets, set-top boxes and other devices. Previously appeared messages that the Foundation for the Negotiations of National remunerations for private copying, which is about the enlargement goes, this next year 60 million euro to pick up. This amount should be based on the income of authors, artists, and producers go wrong by copying by consumers.
According to research from PwC, which was commissioned by industry associations STOBI, FIAR and ICT~Office, the amount of the damage, however, ‘completely wild’. The amount would be according to the research, in reality, to 12.1 million euros should be assessed and if illegal downloads are not counted, the sum would even a 4 million euro release. Whether or not considering the illegal downloads would currently be part of a legal procedure at the European level.
“It is painfully clear that the SOUND – the institution that the levy is determined – for the economic and digital reality and is too sensitive, has shown the powerful lobby of copyright owners,” writes FIAR, the trade association of suppliers in the field of consumer electronics.
The research looked at the income that creators fail because consumers songs, albums, or movies not purchased due to availability on internet or copy of the original work. The details of the investigation, the following week revealed.
State secretary Teeven wants on January 1, a temporary thuiskopieregeling set, in which SOUND determines the content. The scheme is temporary because the state secretary wants to wait on the decision of the European Commission on the simplification of the licensing regime for legal services. Also, the EU should still make proposals in respect of European rules for the thuiskopieregeling. According to FIAR, the opinion will probably not take into account the temporary nature of the scheme.