Private Copying Levies for Cloud Storages? An ongoing dispute…
Despite the increasing use of streaming services, where media content is not stored on local devices, but merely accessed online, the private copying exception (Art 5(2)(b) InfoSoc Directive) remains at the center of European jurisprudence. In the Austro-Mechana v. Strato case, the Austrian courts have to decide whether the remuneration for private copying must also be…