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$1 million copying levy fine

p2p news / p2pnet: A federal court judge has fined Vortek Systems, a Montreal-based electronics retailer, nearly one million dollars for failing to pay the private copying levy.

The company was ordered to turn over the unpaid levy amounts ($1.65 million plus interest) along with a penalty of just over $900,000. Vortek denied that it was selling blank CDs.

Make no mistake – along with its distortion on the market, the levy’s "pennies" (as derided by CRIA – Canadian Recording Industry Association) has become big money for the industry which it will fight hard to preserve.

Michael Geist
[Geist is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. He can be reached by email at mgeist[at]uottawa.ca and is on-line at www.michaelgeist.ca.]

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