Artiestenbonden together with the Consumer and FNV Kiem a petition against the downloadverbod handed over to the Second Room. Buma/Stemra, which the unions are part of, is correct for a downloadverbod.
Wednesday is the proposed copyright policy of state secretary Teeven of Security and Justice in the Second Room. Part of this is a ban on the downloading of copyrighted material and the removal of the copying charges. In the run-up to the treatment, and stirring the various camps.
As presented FNV Kiem, the National Toonkunstenaarsbond and the Consumers ‘ association Tuesday a petition to the Second Chamber, which is signed by many associations of authors and artists, such as the professional association for actors ACT, the FreeLancers Association, the Society of Dutch Composers, Dutch Association of Journalists and the Association of literary Scholars.
“It is time for a fundamental change of thinking and to seek a copyright law that is not based on bans and restrictions, but licenses and fees”, says Erwin (historic quarter)-Gaur, director of the National Toonkunstenaarsbond. The director of the Consumers ‘ association attacks him with: “A downloadverbod criminalizes consumers and is a violation of their privacy. We need the freedoms of consumers on the net protect, but also the rights of artists are respected.”
It is striking that so many artiestenbonden against the downloadverbod, while promoting the interests of the entertainment industry, the NVPI, and auteursrechtenvereniging Buma/Stemra understand fierce advocate of the verbodsregeling. That first mentions the downloadverbod even ‘bitter necessity’.
The Dutch publishers association, the Dutch Association of Filmverhuurders and the Dutch Association of Speelfilmproducenten stand on the side of the NVPI. “There is no more time for discussions about creative solutions. There must be a big problem to be solved”, they argue. According to the organizations, the illegal platforms in the Netherlands’, can flourish at the expense of the creative sector.
“The suggestions of system of compensation will, in addition, for artists and authors, never the income from digital exploitation – such as downloads, e-books, and streams – of their work can match, and it is now correct that with a normal exploitation that are seriously affected by the illicit supply”, the advocate and the uitgeversbonden. Moreover, would justice have shown that individual uploaders need to be addressed as a downloadverbod is not forthcoming. They advocate a thuiskopiestelsel in addition to a dowloadverbod to maintain.