Fees for copyright associations
The Diskus, spol. s r. o. (Ltd.) company as an importer of information technology goods hereby informs all of its clients that on 1/1/2009 an amendment to Decree No. 488/2006 Coll. came into effect, which stipulates the types of devices for making reproductions, types of blank record carriers and the amount of lump-sum remuneration for these instruments and carriers pursuant to Act No. 121/2000 Coll., as amended.
In order to ensure transparency and for better orientation, the part of the price of the goods corresponding to the costs of copyright remuneration pursuant to Act No. 121/2000 Coll. shall be stated separately on invoices as the contractual increase of a price (CIP) :
For 1 pc.:
CD-R - CZK 0.40
CD-RW - CZK 2.00
DVD±R - CZK 1.00
DVD±RW - CZK 5.00
BD-R - CZK 1.00
BD-RE - CZK 5.00
RAM - CZK 5.00
Memory cards and flash memories for each, even incomplete, 1 GB (however, CZK 90 at the most): CZK 1.50.
Not embeddable hard disks for each, even incomplete, 1 GB if the capacity of a hard disk not embeddable in a personal computer does not exceed 1 TB: CZK 0.15.
If it exceeds the capacity of a hard disk not embeddable in a personal computer, 1 TB and more, CZK 0.10 for each, even incomplete, 1 GB capacity exceeding the capacity of 1 TB of this hard disk. CZK 150.00.
A frequently asked question: Why is VAT charged with the fee?
It actually takes place via the handing over of a fee to the copyright associations in the manner in which the copyright associations invoice this fee to the importer and also specify VAT (they are payers of VAT). The fee does not have any explicit exemption from the payment of VAT in the Act on VAT. This fee is only “re-invoiced” to the customer on our invoices. The primary purpose of it being stated on an invoice is to inform the public about the actual amount of the charged fee.