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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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