The French government has urged the European Commission to properly consider its plan for reforming EU digital rights, which could have a profound effect on European artists and funding for cultural projects.
Private copyright levies are a one-off tax which consumers need to pay when buying technical equipment such as computers or DVD-recorders, which can be used to make private copies of music or movies.
The tax is pocketed by artists who are in this way financially compensated f...
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