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stockresearcheryesterday at 7:34 PM1 replyview on HN

The EU has signed and ratified the WIPO treaty. There’s nothing they can put into the DMA that can cancel out the treaty.

Installing software in iOS uses Apple intellectual property and WIPO guarantees their right to charge a commission.

If you don’t like this, get rid of WIPO!


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Gareth321today at 6:57 AM

I don't think this is accurate at all. While we're part of the WIPO Copyright Treaty, it does not give an OS owner a general right to charge a commission on third-party software merely because it runs on that OS. [I challenge you to cite the section in the Treaty which gives Apple the ability to charge these fees in contravention of EU law.](https://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text/295166)