125,000 CD-ROMs, containing inter alia the most frequently used software, of a value of 210 mill. They were offered to users via a helpdesk on Internet under the names of Vegas, Silverado and Best of Internet. Copy shop raids Thailand. Three individuals were arrested. The State Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs has raided three copy shops confiscating a photocopy machine and illegal photocopies of text books.
Maximum penalty is five years imprisonment.
Hopefully CCCM, the dormant RRO can soon start to act. German Court rules on Levy on Faxes Article 54a of the German Copyright Act provides for equitable remuneration through a levy on equipment for reproduction for private and other personal uses. Even though a majority of German producers and importers have accepted that this also includes fax machines, it has been disputed by some. On January 29th, Bundesgerichtshof as the court of final instance ruled that fax machines are remunerable. Article 105 of the Copyright Act, approved by Parliament on March 27th 1998, establishes a levy on reprographic equipment to compensate for private use.