Home › Latest Press Releases › IFRRO protests against proposed new Indian Copyright law allowing CMOs established by authors ›

IFRRO protests against proposed new Indian Copyright law allowing CMOs established by authors

Submitted by James on Thu, 05/08/2010 - 18:26

IFRRO has submitted comments on proposed amendments to the Indian Copyright Law, which would allow only Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) set up by authors.

The amendments have been described as bringing the 1957 Indian Copyright Act in line with the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). However IFRRO's comments point out that the restriction of the right to set up CMOs to authors is "contrary to the development of collective management societies as expressly requested internationally, for instance, by the European Commission, and also to the actual situation of collective management of text and image based works through RROs worldwide".

 

=========================================================
Notes for Editors

The International Federation of Reproduction Rights Organisations (IFRRO) is an independent, not-for-profit organisation representing the interests of collective management organisations in the field of text and image based works. These organisations are known as Reproduction Rights Organisations (RROs).

 
Active in every continent, more than 70 RROs plus about 50 national and international author, publisher and visual creator associations are IFRRO Members and Associate Members. IFRRO’s global network of members contributes to the facilitating of the widest possible legal access to published, copyright protected literary, visual and musical works for the public. RROs administer reproduction and other relevant rights, including certain forms of digital uses, in copyright text- and image-based works on behalf of both publishers and authors including visual artists. These rights are normally referred to as reprographic rights.
 
RROs also play a key role in the development of cultural diversity by helping to set up the legal and administrative frameworks necessary for the growth of local publishing industries. IFRRO partners organisations such as WIPO and UNESCO to undertake copyright awareness, capacity building and training activities.
 
Further information
James Boyd, IFRRO Communications and Product Development
Email: james.boyd@ifrro.org
Tel: +32 2 551 08 97
www.ifrro.org

 

File: 
application/pdf iconifrro_submission_copyrightbill_040810__2_.pdf