A cry is heard. Two, of course, resonate. But if the voices become tens protesting all at once, the volume increases significantly. Therefore, and for the echo reaches the ears of the government, the eight management entities Spain, as well as various artists and creators of the cultural world, have gathered this morning at the Circulo de Bellas Artes Madrid to clarify their message :. “No to Lassalle Act [as known to the reform of the Copyright Act, by the name of the Secretary of State for Culture]”
In fact, the act ended with public and representatives each other on stage applauding and chanting their opposition to the law, after approval in Congress, is being debated in the Senate. Before, they had repeated the claims and attacks lead management entities firing against the government and the law since it was launched without asking them what they thought, at least according to them. There was, though, something new: after recommending amendments to the law, now the stakes rise. “We demand the withdrawal of the draft, as the text approved in Congress is regressive”, defends the manifesto agreed to read the end José Luis Acosta, -interino president since he was forced to call elections in entity-SGAE .
The main workhorse of the entities is the same as already attacked the State Council and on which the Supreme Court expressed doubt last week: compensation for private copying. Because, to replace the buried digital canon, the government coined a system under the state budget that reduced revenues for entities from 115 to five million. Thus, Spain accounts for 0.8% of the fair compensation of 600 million is generated annually in the EU, according to a document distributed at the meeting. “It’s amazing that a fee paid by the technology manufacturers, mostly foreigners, have finished falling on people,” defended Enrique Cerezo, president of Egeda (and Atletico Madrid).
The system in fact, does not convince the High Court that sent two questions to Brussels to understand their compatibility with European directives: the Supreme wants to know if it is acceptable that the number comes from the state budget and that their amount is linked to the money they have public funds for that year. Still, the government has already said that the handling of the law goes ahead and has to approve the Senate in late October and early November.
“The Ministry is giving us long for two years. They said they would collect our proposals, but did not take even one of our amendments or opposition. How do we explain to our international colleagues in Spain is questioned again and again to be paid for the music, film, literature? “He said in his speech Luis Cobos, president of the Society of Performers (IEA ). In a review citing the French Revolution, he recalled that the Culture employs nearly 500,000 people and generates 3.5% of GDP and described as “absurd” and “insane” legislation, Cobos also told that the Ministry of Culture will reported that he could not “convince most powerful ministries.”
So the third point of the manifesto directly asked the Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, to be involved in the project. It is not because, say the authorities, in particular cultural sensitivity but more practical reasons: “A vice president sometimes in complex situations is the figure that assumes coordination between ministries and acts as an intermediary.” Basically confident that mediation take Soraya especially Treasury to get more out of their pockets
Hidden behind the great battle for private copying, the quoted passage encounter other problems facing the industry.’s piracy, the unfulfilled promise of Patronage Act, reduced investment and cultural VAT at 21%. However, for some artists, like singer Pasión Vega, is this the most problematic issue: “It makes life impossible. I know of no artist who can survive this. “
The creative Malaga took the stage of the event along with 21 other artists and the presidents of the eight entities to ideally seal the union of spirit industry. Something perhaps necessary given the negative image the public has of these organisms, especially since the scandal that hit in 2011 at the SGAE. Thus, various artists, Benito Zambrano Villuela Pepe, left lifting one after another and explaining his personal opposition to the Act Lassalle. And the actor recalled that in the Netherlands 21% VAT lasted four months, enough space for the government realized the error. Although, as the actor Carlos Bardem had in Spain the situation is different: “It’s not stupidity but ideology. They are interested in having scorched culture as the uneducated people are more manageable. “
Among many attacks and demands, some of the entities turn face criticism for their fares,” abusive “as Spanish Association of Commercial Radios (AERC), which filed a complaint with the National Commission for Market and Competition. However, entities are reaffirmed in their position and consider, in the words of Acosta, who are told to lower their rates without providing “any report showing that are high or justify what percentage should reduce them.” In short, another .
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