CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, has acknowledged that the European Commission’s copyright reforms are a ‘step in the right direction’ for the digital market.
The commission has published proposals in a bid to modernise EU copyright rules to ‘create a fairer and more sustainable marketplace for creators and the creative industries’.
The proposals contain the Copyright Directive, which aims to reinforce the position of rightholders to negotiate and be remunerated for the use of their content on video-sharing platforms such as YouTube.
Such platforms will have an obligation to employ effective technologies to automatically detect songs or audiovisual works, which rightholders have identified and agreed with the platforms either to authorise or remove.
CISAC believes that the reforms are ‘a good starting point’ but has also called for further measures to be implemented to secure fair remuneration for creators and the use of their works online.
Gadi Oron, CISAC director general, said: ‘Europe is waking up to the global community of creators calling for urgent action to secure a fairer digital market. The proposal is a step in the right direction but additional steps are required to ensure creators receive fair remuneration and to prevent abuse of the existing legal framework by online intermediaries. We are looking at the European Parliament and the Member States for more significant action towards a better future for creators in the digital marketplace.’
Jean-Michel Jarre, CISAC president, said: ‘The European Commission has made an effort to respond to the chorus of voices calling on government support to address the unfair situation in today's digital market, where major players are using the works of creators to generate colossal revenues without fairly remunerating them. In Europe, given its great richness of talent, European institutions bear the responsibility in protecting its creative community and securing a better future for new generations of creators.’
Robert Ashcroft, PRS for Music chief executive, has welcomed the proposals, saying he hopes they will provide the ‘opportunity to establish a functioning, digital single market’. Read the full story.
Read more on the European Commission’s proposals.
The commission has published proposals in a bid to modernise EU copyright rules to ‘create a fairer and more sustainable marketplace for creators and the creative industries’.
The proposals contain the Copyright Directive, which aims to reinforce the position of rightholders to negotiate and be remunerated for the use of their content on video-sharing platforms such as YouTube.
Such platforms will have an obligation to employ effective technologies to automatically detect songs or audiovisual works, which rightholders have identified and agreed with the platforms either to authorise or remove.
CISAC believes that the reforms are ‘a good starting point’ but has also called for further measures to be implemented to secure fair remuneration for creators and the use of their works online.
Gadi Oron, CISAC director general, said: ‘Europe is waking up to the global community of creators calling for urgent action to secure a fairer digital market. The proposal is a step in the right direction but additional steps are required to ensure creators receive fair remuneration and to prevent abuse of the existing legal framework by online intermediaries. We are looking at the European Parliament and the Member States for more significant action towards a better future for creators in the digital marketplace.’
Jean-Michel Jarre, CISAC president, said: ‘The European Commission has made an effort to respond to the chorus of voices calling on government support to address the unfair situation in today's digital market, where major players are using the works of creators to generate colossal revenues without fairly remunerating them. In Europe, given its great richness of talent, European institutions bear the responsibility in protecting its creative community and securing a better future for new generations of creators.’
Robert Ashcroft, PRS for Music chief executive, has welcomed the proposals, saying he hopes they will provide the ‘opportunity to establish a functioning, digital single market’. Read the full story.
Read more on the European Commission’s proposals.
