Media subject to the private copying levy
NB: It is an independent committee created by the law defining which media are subject to the private copying levy and the amount of the levy, which varies according to the type of support and its recording capacity (Art. L 311-4 of the Intellectual Property Code).
Media subject to the private copying levy (on 1 March 2012)
| Portable recording devices | |
| Audio cassette | |
| Video cassette | |
| CD-R and RW for data | |
| DVD-Ram and DVD R and RW for data | |
| Minidiscs and audio CD-R | |
| 3.5’ floppy disk/td> | |
| Digital VHS (DVHS) | |
| Non-dedicated USB flash drives | |
| Memory cards | |
| Bundled memory cards (single batch) |
| Hard drives and memory built into devices | |
| Memory and hard drives built into television sets, video recorder or set-top boxes | |
| Memory and hard drives built into an audio player or home MP3 player | |
| Memory and hard drives built into an audio player or home audio/video player | |
| Standard external hard drives | |
| Multimedia external hard drives with audio and/or video output and/or IT ports | |
| Multimedia external hard drives with audio and/or video output and/or IT ports as well as one or more audio and/or video inputs | |
| Memory and hard drives dedicated to recording and playing music (distinct from the capacity dedicated to navigation software and traffic information) built into an embedded navigation system (GPS) and/or a car radio | |
| Mobile phones for listening to music or watching videos | |
| Multimedia tablets with audio player function and an operating system for mobile terminals or their own operating system |
Media non concerned
Certain recording media are not subject to the private copying levy in France, in particular because the Committee of Article L 311-5 of the Intellectual Property Code has expressly excluded them.
They include:
- C10 and C15 cassettes used in IT
- microcassettes for dictaphones and answerphones
- magnetic tape 6.5mm wide per reel
- magnetic tape used for audiovisual purposes over 12.7mm wide
- DVD (8cm) for video cameras
- DAT
- digital picture frames
To ascertain whether a type of media is subject or not to the levy, please contact us.
No-name media
They must be declared like all other branded media, as is the case for media distributed free of charge with certain devices (“bundles”), in particular CD-R offered with the purchase of a burner.