Suisseculture defends itself against state paternalism
In a recent statement, Suisseculture, the umbrella organization of Swiss cultural creators, welcomes measures against the theft of works via illegal internet platforms. It also vehemently rejects any state paternalism towards collecting societies.
Suisseculture believes that protected works should continue to be freely downloadable from the Internet for private use. The association therefore supports the protective measures currently being proposed in the political debate regarding the uploading and illegal distribution of protected content.
However, in order to restrict or prevent access to illegal sources, it should be ensured that the rights holders are adequately compensated for their protected works and performances. To this end, Suisseculture is making a proposal for compensation for the use of works within a certain group of people on the Internet, which is to be paid by the providers.
Susseculture considers the current supervision of collecting societies to be sufficient. However, extending this supervision to the appropriateness of management and the voluntary areas, as envisaged by the Federal Council's draft, is bureaucratic nonsense.
Suisseculture supports the proposed lending right, a due adjustment that has long been introduced in neighboring countries, but calls for it to be extended to the digital sector (so-called "e-lending"). Suisseculture is also calling for the long overdue resale right to be introduced. This guarantees compensation to authors when works of visual art are resold by the professional art trade.
The complete statement: www.suisseculture.ch
