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Blank CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are levied in the Netherlands (Photo: Wikipedia)

Dutch copyright levy system complaint taken to Commission

In a bid to force the Dutch government to reduce the burden of levies on CD-R and DVD-R sales in the Netherlands, Imation Europe, a manufacturer of data storage products, has taken its complaint against the Dutch copyright levy system to the European Commission.

The company filed the complaint on 5 November, and wants to spur the Dutch government into making the system compatible with EU copyright rules and the 'free movement of goods' principle, laid down in EU law.

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Blank CD-Rs and DVD-Rs are levied in the Netherlands (Photo: Wikipedia)

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