Russian Court Rules for Dell on Complaint By Rights Holders Seeking Copying Levy

摘要

A Russian court issued a ruling Feb. 8 in favor of Dell in a landmark case involving the private copying levy. The Moscow Arbitration Court released ruling No. A40-97879/15-5-790 in favor of a Russian subsidiary of Dell Inc. In May 2015, the Russian Union of Right-Holders, the accredited levy-collection organization, filed a lawsuit, alleging that Dell failed to make full payments of applicable private copying levies from 2010 to 2015. The claimant requested Dell to pay 90 million rubles ($1.15 million), citing Section 3, Article 1245 of the Russian Civil Code and government Decree No. 829.