January 9, 2008

Dutch group loses bid for MP3 player levy

A Dutch rights organization which compensates artists for the use of their copyrighted material on Tuesday lost its court bid to remove a government block on new levies on MP3 media players. The Netherlands already has a levy on blank CDs and DVDs but the government says the musicians' and actors' group Norma was not distributing the cash efficiently and wanted the problems solved before new levies were created. (Reuters)