State secretary Teeven of Security and Justice received Wednesday the visit of the president of the American Motion Picture Association. Both expressed the hope that the Dutch copyright policy in other EU member states picked up.
State secretary Teeven of Security and Justice, and Chris Dodd, chairman of the MPAA, discussed Wednesday the copyright policy of the government. Part of the plans, specified in a size won’t fit all, it is illegal to create or download content which is protected by copyright, if this is without permission of owner is done. Also, at the request of the rightholder to block access to sites containing such content offering, in the letter referred to, and, in addition, the data from large-scale providers of that material overnight will be at the providers.
In a statement, the ministry of Security and Justice announced that Hollywood can easily be found in the government plans. Would Dodd the with Teeven to agree that “protection of copyright in a digital environment only can be effective as consumers have access to attractive and user-friendly movies and tv programs through legitimate means will be provided”.
Dodd would be against Teeven said that the improvement of the legal offer by the new video-on-demand services. The ministry cites an unspecified expectation of providers of video-on-demand, that this year the demand for programs with 35 percent will increase to 135 million euro.
