Document(s): 

flyer-2015-04-18-en.pdf

Author(s): 

FAIR INTERNET CAMPAIGN

Year of publication: 

2015

Today, whether they are famous or not, performers are still not fairly rewarded when their performances are exploited via online on demand services. Most of them receive an all-inclusive fee at the time of the recording for all type of exploitation of their performances. Others receive an insufficient proportional remuneration.

Excluding performers from the financial benefits that the online market has to offer cannot be the basis for a sustainable cultural and creative sector.

A European initiative is urgently needed within the framework of the current review of the copyright acquis.