Apple has been ordered to pay 12 million euros by a French court because of unpaid taxes on iPad copyrights between March 2012 to December 2012. The judgment is a continuation of the battle between Apple and the society of authors, composers, and music publishers' (SACEM) in France. SACEM is a French organization which doles out the "copie privée" tax to writers, artists, producers, musicians and other content creators. The "copie privée" is a tax in some European countries on digital devices that can display, copy or transfer copyrighted content.
SACEM alleged that Apple has collected the "copie privée" tax but failed to turn it over to the organization so it could dole the money out
