Private copying levy

The lump-sum tax ( colloquially copyright levy ) denotes a statutory levy for the reproduction and making available publicly copyright goods and goods. Calculates she is as surcharge on the price of equipment or media for making or storing of reproductions ( § 54 German Copyright Act ) as a charge for the operation of such devices ( § 54c and § 53a of the German Copyright Act ) and for the public making available of protected goods ( § 52a and § 27 Section 2 of the Copyright Act ).

The flat tax replaces the payment every single service provided by a lump-sum compensation, but without the duplication, to legalize the providing or use of the goods in any case. Rather, it is a compensation for legal private copies and legal Zugänglichmachungen, illegal black copies are not compensated for it. In determining the tariff analyzing user behavior by collecting societies at regular intervals and used to calculate the amount of the fees.

The requesting the lump-sum amount with device manufacturers and importers will be performed by the Central Organisation for Private Copying Rights (short ZPÜ ). This distributes the royalty revenue to its shareholders (among GEMA, VG Wort and VG Bild-Kunst ) This, in turn, pour a portion of the revenue from their members, as they can be the author of the duplicated works.

History

The Federal Constitutional Court has already ruled in 1971 regarding the then blank tape levy that the lump-sum amount is admissible.

Current rates in Germany

All Rates quoted excluding VAT

Payments by manufacturers of devices and media

  • Reprographiegeräte Scanner from 1 January 2008: 12,50 €
  • Thermal and Tintenfax from 1 January 2008: € 5.00
  • Laser Fax from 1 January 2008: € 10.00
  • Ink printer from 1 January 2008: € 5.00
  • Ink multifunction devices from 1 January 2008: 15,00 €
  • Laser Printer from 1 January 2008: 12,50 €
  • Laser multifunction devices and copiers from 1 January 2008 (and an additional annual charge operator ) up to 14 pages / minute: 25,00 € up to 39 pages / minute: 50,00 € from 40 pages / minute: € 87.50
  • PC 13.65 € PCs with built-in burner, from January 1, 2008: € 17.06
  • PCs without a built-in burner, from January 1, 2008: € 15.19
  • External CD burner, from 1 January 2008: € 8.70, from 1 January 2010: € 7
  • External DVD burner, from January 1, 2008: € 10.68, from 1 January 2010: € 7
  • To install certain burner, from 1 January 2008: 1,88 €
  • MP3 player January 1, 2010: € 5
  • MP4 player with a display size < 3 inches from 1 January 2010: € 5
  • MP4 player with a display size ≥ 3 inches and ≤ 4 inch from 1 January 2010: 15 €
  • Published tariffs to mobile phones: From 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2010 without touchscreen: 4,00 €
  • With touch screen: 11,00 €
  • Without touchscreen: 12,00 €
  • With touch screen and less than 8 GB of storage: 16,00 €
  • With touchscreen and 8 GB of storage or more: 36,00 €
  • From January 1, 2008: € 0.10 per piece.
  • From 1 July 2012: 0,91 € for memory cards up to 4 GB, and 4 GB of € 1.56 and 1.95 €
  • CD -R from 1 January 2008: € 0.072 per hour of play, from 1 January 2010: € 0.062 per share
  • CD -RW from 1 January 2008: € 0.072 per hour of play, from 1 January 2010: € 0.197 per share
  • DVD /- R 4,7 GB from 1 January 2008: € 0.0870 per hour of play, from 1 January 2010: € 0.139 per share
  • DVD /-RW 4,7 GB from 1 January 2008: € 0.0870 per hour of play, from 1 January 2010: € 0.271 per share
  • DVD-RAM 4.7 GB from 1 January 2008: € 0.0870 per hour of play, from 1 January 2010: € 0.550 per share
  • DVD-RAM 9.4 GB from 1 January 2008: € 1.264, from 1 January 2010: € 1.264 per share
  • DVD Double Sided 9.4 GB from 1 January 2008: € 0.117, from 1 January 2010: € 0.117 per share
  • DVD Double Layer / Dual Layer 8.5GB from 1 January 2008: € 0.386, from 1 January 2010: € 0.386 per share
  • Blu -ray 25 GB as of January 1, 2012: To be determined, the tariff from 1 January 2008 of € 3.473 per share was lifted
  • Audio blank cassettes, DAT tapes, mini-discs, audio CD -R and CD-RW audio from 1 January 2008: € 0.0614 per hour of play, such as at 50 CD blanks to 80 minutes € 4.09.
  • VHS blank cassettes from 1 January 2008: € 0.087 per hour of play.
  • Multimedia hard disks with the recording function from 1 January 2008: € 34.00
  • Multimedia hard disks without recording function from 1 January 2008: € 19.00
  • Network hard drives with a capacity <1 TB from 1 January 2008: € 5.00
  • Network hard drives with a capacity ≥ 1 TB from January 1, 2008: € 17.00 €
  • External hard drives with a capacity <1 TB from January 1, 2008: € 7.00 €
  • External hard drives with a capacity ≥ 1 TB from 1 January 2008: € 9.00 €
  • Video recorder from 1 January 2010: 15 €
  • DVD Recorder VCR HDD from 1 January 2010: 22 €
  • DVD Recorder VCR HDD from 1 January 2010: 30 €
  • DVD Recorder VCR HDD from 1 January 2010: 39 €
  • DVD Recorder VCR HDD from 1 January 2010: 49 €
  • Set -top boxes with HDD / TV Receiver with HDD / HDD recorder from 1 January 2010: 34 €
  • Set -top boxes without HDD / TV receiver without HDD, but each with recording function on external hard drive from 1 January 2008: 13 €
  • TVs with HDD from 1 January 2010: 34 €
  • Cassette recorder from 1 January 2010: € 7
  • MiniDisc recorder from 1 January 2010: 25 €
  • CD recorder from 1 January 2010: 13 €

Allowances by operators of equipment

  • Remuneration for copying of copy shops in high school nearby ( up to 500m ) in 2013: € 160, 2014: € 166
  • In university cities in 2013: € 119, 2014: € 124
  • In places with no college: 2013: € 88, 2014: € 91
  • Remuneration for copying by other operators in university buildings 2013: € 405, 2014: € 418
  • Distance to public libraries in general 2013: € 183, 2014: € 190
  • Other locations in 2013 41,50 € 2014 43,50 €
  • Compensation for copies at general and vocational schools Calendar year 2011: € 7,300,000.00
  • Calendar year 2012: € 7,800,000.00
  • Calendar year 2013: € 8,500,000.00
  • Calendar year 2014: € 9,000,000.00
  • Delivery of copies, for example, some book pages, libraries to their customers Students € 1, € 3 private person, company for 12 €

Compensation on the basis oeff making available

  • Remuneration of Public accessible for teaching and research (eg intranet in schools) of all provinces to the collecting society For schools from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2013: € 1,760,000.00
  • For universities for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012: € 731,000 € 800,000 € 1,000,000 € 1 million.

Remuneration, due to renting and lending non-profit

  • Remuneration for public renting and lending non-profit (libraries, company libraries ) of all provinces to the collecting society 2010 and 2011: each € 16,799,139
  • 2012: € 16,933,532
  • 2013: € 17,069,000
  • 2014: € 17,222,621

Situation in other countries

In Luxembourg and the United Kingdom no fixed levy on storage media will be charged. Various specialized storage media online retailers have therefore settled in Luxembourg and operate from there the entire European market.

In Switzerland, the SUISA impose fees for CD and DVD media and MP3 player.

In Austria, the Austro Mechana stands as a sister company of the AKM a flat fee for phonogram.

In Hungary Artisjus fees for CD and DVD blanks are collected by the collecting society. Contaminated products are marked with a sticker, which is similar to a tax stamp.

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