The purpose of the private copying levy, which was introduced in the 1990s, is to compensate copyright owners for loss of income when people copied LPs to cassettes.
In 2013 announced the industry organization Copyswede that you want to ‘cassette’ tax also applies to all forms of storage medium – that is, everything from USB sticks , computers, tablets and mobile phones.
The organization has previously sued Sony for the private copying levy on their mobile phones and Telia Sonera for the same fee for the Iphone. In both cases, the court opted to Copyswede line.
Samsung has previously refused to pay for the cartridge tax, and not agreed to notify the Copyswede how many tablets and PCs it sells in Sweden.
In July 2014 went Copyswede to court, and now, Solna District Court decided that Samsung must provide figures partly for sales of PCs and tablets in the country, and how much storage memory each unit sold has.
Samsung now has a month to explain this to Copyswede. If it had not provided the data before the deadline expired, the company was fined SEK 50 000 per day.
In Copyswede sees the recent judgment victory, and hope that it sends a clear signal to the electronics industry.
– This is an important judgment for creators of culture. We have had a long discussion with Samsung, which then refused to pay before. Now the court is very clear that they must do it, says Mattias Åkerlind, president of Copyswede.
Are you planning to proceed legally against other players in the industry?
– We need to wait and see if Samsung chooses to appeal. But this verdict is a clear signal to the industry on how the legislation works.
New technology has sought Samsung Sweden for comment.
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