The Dutch thuiskopieheffing on cdr’s and dvdr’s, which is ge lwa nd by Stichting de Thuiskopie, must be paid by all suppliers in European member states operate. That has the European Court of justice in a procedure are judged.
According to the European Court of justice plays in the origin of the blank media may not play a role in the legal obligation for compensation to be paid to Stichting Thuiskopie. Also has a country the right to have the charges directly to impose on companies that operate from abroad.
The High Council had asked for a verdict of the European Court, after Stichting de Thuiskopie after a lost appeal in a case against Opus in the court of cassation was gone. Opus has until now always refused to allow charges to Stichting de Thuiskopie to wear, which the foundation in 2005, a trial began against the German shop.
The ruling may have the effect that companies such as the German Opus thuiskopievergoedingen have to go to pay for customers from the Netherlands, orders for blank media. Media, such as writable cd’s and dvd’s are in foreign online stores is significantly cheaper than the storage media in the Dutch shops are offered.
Update 22:15: The website of the Opus report: ‘as a result of a ruling of the Court of Justice of the EU of 16 June 2011, Opus immediately stopped the sale of blank cds and dvds to uk customers.’