On 10 July, the Buma/Stemra member service department was rewarded with an ECCS certificate for meeting the European Contact Centre Standard (ECCS) for the second year in a row.
The department’s manager, Wim van Limpt was also nominated for a Custom Contact Manager Award by the Dutch Association for Professionals Working in the Customer Care Industry (CCMA).
Read Buma/Stemra’s press statement here.
EP acknowledges the importance of authors’ rights in the digital era for strong and sustainable CCI
Today in Strasbourg, the JURI Committee report evaluating the InfoSoc Directive (2001/29/EC) was adopted by the European Parliament (EP). The European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC) takes note of the result, and warmly congratulates the European Parliament for acknowledging its concerns on the welfare of authors and the need for caution in reforming copyright.
Read the full press release here.
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PRS for Music has launched Streamfair, a new campaign to raise awareness about the need for legislative reform to ensure music creators are properly remunerated in the streaming market.
The collecting society, which represents more than 110,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, says the initiative will focus on four key areas: copyright legislation, online licensing, promoting the value of music creators and education.
First and foremost, Streamfair is calling for legal clarity on who can benefit from ‘safe harbour’ provisions, which were originally introduced to support investment and innovation for internet service providers.
The organisation is concerned that some online content providers – such as User Generated Content (UGC) services – rely on these provisions to avoid paying proper licence fees and are threatening the long term sustainability and growth of the online music market.
On 1 July, the Hamburg Higher Regional Court ruled that YouTube was liable as an ‘interferer’ (Störer) for content made available on its platform by third parties. The fundamental responsibility of YouTube via the principle of ‘interferer liability’ (Störerhaftung) was therefore confirmed by the appeals court.
Read more here