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EBU
key messages on copyright
Apply the law of only one country, instead
of 27, to clear the rights
As internet services are cross-border,
EU Broadcasters are asking for an easy and efficient
rights clearance system based on the application
of the law of one country – the country
in which the broadcaster is established – instead
of the application of 27 national laws. The EBU
proposals, however, only cover broadcasters’ programming.
They respect the contractual freedom of film
producers to negotiate their exclusive rights
individually with broadcasters.
Promote extended collective licensing
in the Member States
Collective management is indispensable in cases
where broadcasters cannot go individually to
each rights holder to clear the rights (e.g.
a major broadcaster negotiates approximately
70,000 contracts per year with rights holders). “Extended” collective
licensing, a practical variant of collective
management successfully applied in the Nordic
countries, simplifies the rights clearance process,
in particular for archives, and should therefore
be available in each Member State.
Simplify music licensing to broadcasters
Broadcasters are mass users of music in their
works; a major broadcaster may use up to 200,000
pieces of music in its programmes every week.
Collective arrangements (one-stopshop licensing)
for rights clearance of the worldwide music
repertoire should be extended to cover on-demand
services as well.
To read the complete EBU viewpoint on
modernizing copyright click
on the image below ...
Photos
and presentations from the 2010 Brussels
event on copyright
Video
message by Commissioner Michel Barnier to the
European Broadcasting Union (EBU) - 17
March 2010
Transcript
of the video message from Michel Barnier,
Member of the European Commission responsible
for Internal Market and Services, for the EBU
copyright event
Click here to download Peter
Weber's ppt presentation
Click here to download Pascal
Kamina's ppt presentation
Click here to view the photo
gallery of the event
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