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In determining the amount of the levy for making private copies of a protected work, unlawful copies may not be taken into account This [...]
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The I. Civil Senate of the Federal Court of Justice, which is responsible among other things for competition law, today ruled on the admissibility of a "testimonial campaign" of an electronics [...]
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