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Ministry of Culture and National Heritage is a bill which, according to manufacturers and retailers significantly raise the price of televisions, camcorders, cameras, computers and smartphones. These and many other devices would have to take charge of 1-3 per cent. for authors. Project, the ZAiKS. So far, the tribute, but much lower, for example, was will be added to the price of tape recorders, DVD, cassettes and CDs.

calculates the electronics industry, due to the new mid-range laptops charges will become more expensive by about 50 z?, a high-end ultrabook has a 120 z?.

Additional tax for electronic devices

game is played with a lot of money, which in this respect are getting to all collecting societies (CMOs), representing the interests of authors, performers, writers and publishers. Now a year goes to them from the fees of devices and media about 27 million z?. After the possible entry into force of the proposed ZAiKS this amount would increase by about 320 million z? – calculates Association of Importers and Manufacturers of electrical and electronic equipment electronics and IT industry.

Association of Audio-Video (ZPAV) and the Association of Performing Artists Songs Music and Text-Music (SAWP) has supported proposals ZAiKS. Louder said that the alliance can join organizations of authors of books and publishers, book Kopipol and Poland. Organizations explain that the changes are necessary because the charges in Poland are still lower than in Western Europe, which limits the possibility of equitable compensation paid by the authors and publishers of losses caused by piracy.

– Today, Poland is at the very end in Europe in terms of access to mobile devices. Such regulations will reduce it even more – says Micha? Kanownik with ZIPSEE.

reprographic fees will increase

ZAiKS has presented his proposal for the amendment. They discuss them or others.

reprographic fees at a level of 1 to 3 percent. – The rates offered ZAiKS in the proposed amendment to the Ordinance of 2 June 2003 on the definition of the category of devices and media used for fixing tracks and fees on these devices and media for their sales by producers and importers (Journal of Laws No. 105, item . 991).

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Currently fees are at the level of 0.05 per cent., as in the case of radio and CD player with recording Flash, to 2.95 percent. for a DVD-RW 12 cm. But that’s not the only change which calls for ZAiKS. Charges also wants to embrace a whole new category of devices.

consumer electronics manufacturers are opposed. According to them, the economic downturn is not a good time for increases to be reflected in the prices of equipment. Particularly, there are no reasons for doing so.

– The primary function of the phone is not copying the content, but the communication with another person. Such designation does not have a camera or camcorder that also have to be subject to payment of reprographic – says Micha? Kanownik from the Association of Producers and Importers of electronic and electrical equipment.

Therefore, the manufacturers hope that this time the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage reject the proposed change. Yes indeed happened two years ago, on the occasion of the recent amendment of the Regulation.

learned DGP, obtained from ZAiKS resort project is treated as a stage of the consultations, efforts to reform the system of payments. This means that they do not identify themselves with the position expressed in the proposed amendment.

manufacturers, however, decided to play safe and have its own version of the changes in the regulation.

– We want to adapt the rules to the realities, and this is the removal of charges including from diskettes and make changes to improve their collectibility – says Michal Kanownik.

He added that the proposal should be ready next week. Then it will be sent to the Ministry of Culture.

There is the risk that a higher fee or cover them more devices will soon be dopomina? other organizations. Speech is all about bringing together authors and publishers of books, as if Poland Kopipol book.

– analyze the market for available devices and their use to copy the copyrighted content of others – gave J?drzej Maciejewski from the Association of Authors and Publishers’ Polish Book “.

And that means considering whether there are still reasons to digital cameras and computers are covered by a fee to publishers. For now, assume the paper manufacturers, printers, photocopiers, scanners and copy stores.

New reprographic fees (per cent.)

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Patricia Otto

September 19, 2013 (No. 182)