Apple has raised its prices for its devices in Germany.

苹果提高了其产品在德国的定价。

The price hike comes after several tech companies reached a deal with their content producers.

Apple says the price increase for the iPhones and iPads is linked to the new copyright levy.

Last month, Apple, Samsung and others agreed to pay as much as 7-dollars-70-cents for each smartphone or tablet imported into Germany.

The money will be distributed to creative professionals, including a group representing "creators, producers and acting artists of erotic and pornographic films."

The agreement is based on a 1965 German law that allows consumers to make private copies of sound, images or texts in return for a small levy on the device.