French court rules on iPod levy
15 December 2008
Peter Ollier, London
France’s Court of Cassation has ruled that French consumers must pay the so-called iPod tax when buying MP3 players online from other countries
The decision highlights the problem of enforcing different copyright levies within the EU when buying storage products.
France imposes the highest copyright levy on MP3 players of any country in the EU. These make an iPod €40 more expensive in France than in Luxembourg, which has no levy. French consumers tend to buy MP3 players...
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