7 Copyright User Organisations flag up rights users concerns in joint publication and seminar.

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7 COPYRIGHT USERS’ ORGANISATIONS FLAG UP RIGHTS USERS CONCERNS IN JOINT PUBLICATION AND SEMINAR

Next June 20th in Brussels, seven associations participating in the Copyright Users Platform (CUP) will be presenting a joint publication describing some of the concerns and risks which copyright users are increasingly being confronted with. These seven organisations are: ACT, AER, ECCA, EBU, EICTA, HOTREC and PEARLE*. The publication is intended to present in a non-exhaustive way, information on the rights that different users need and insight into some of the urgent issues currently at stake.

This document will be made available to the participants of a Seminar jointly organised by the CUP and entitled “Time to review copyright management in Europe” held in Brussels on June 20th. At this event, representatives from different industries will set out copyright users’ concerns about the current operation of collective rights management in the European Union. A number of distinguished panellists from the European Parliament and European Commission have been invited to debate these issues with the copyright users.

This seminar is the first opportunity for rights users and their organisations to jointly raise national and EU policy-makers’ awareness of the need for reform of the collective rights management system.

ENDS

Brussels, June 15th 2006

To access the joint publication, please click here.

For any further information, please contact

ACT – Ross Biggam, Director General
Association of Commercial Television
9-13, rue Joseph II – 1000 Brussels
Tel. 32 2 736 00 52
Fax. 32 2 735 41 72
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AER – Christina Sleszynska, Manager
Association européenne des radios
76, av. d’Auderghem – 1040 Brussels
Tel. 32 2 736 9131
Fax. 32 2 732 8990
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EBU - Nicola Frank
European Broadcasting Union
50, rue Wiertz - 1050 Brussels
Tel. 32 2 286.91.12
Fax. 32 2 286.91.10
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ECCA - Gilone d'Udekem, Regulatory Affairs
European Cable Communications Association
Avenue des Arts 36, 6th floor - 1040 Brussels
Tel: 32 2 521 17 63
Fax: 32 2 521 79 76
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EICTA - Leo Bauman
Rue Joseph II, 20 B-1000 Brussels (Belgium)
www.eicta.org
Tel: +32 2 609 5312
Fax: +32 2 609 5339
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HOTREC - Marguerite Sequaris, Chief Executive
111 Bld Anspach, box 4 - 1000 Brussels
Tel: 32 2 513 63 23
Fax: 32 2 502 41 73
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PEARLE* - Anita Debaere, Director
Performing Arts Employers Associations Ligue Europe
Sainctelette square 19/6 – 1000 Brussels
Tel. 32 2 203 62 96
Fax 32 2 201 17 79
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