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Swedish court says iPhone liable to private-copy levies, due to its specific design

( June 13, 2014, 09:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A Swedish district court has ruled that Apple’s iPhone is specifically designed to make private copies of content, and is therefore subject to levies that compensate right holders for these copies. The court issued an interim ruling on this specific issue, in a dispute between telecom operator TeliaSonera and copyright royalty collecting organization Copyswede, but has yet to make a final judgment in the case. Copyswede is asking TeliaSonera to pay 73 million kronor ($10.9 million) plus interest in levies for iPhones imported by the operator since 2009.iPhonetelefoner är särskilt ägnade för privatkopiering...

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