On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 21:36 +0200, Nicola Bignami wrote:
Il 21/07/2011 21:24, Hugo Roy ha scritto:
Le jeudi 21 juillet 2011 à 20:47 +0200, Nicola Bignami a écrit :
Nothing about software or computer is specifically mentioned.
Am I wrong or the consultation is about "online distribution"? How could they NOT mention software or computer? They don't even mention the Internet?
I think that this consultation regards all kinds of contents distribution (Internet, satellite, tv, physical supports and so on), so they remain as generic as possible. They, for example, mention the restrictions on geographical basis citing the restrictions taken by many satellite broadcasters.
Thanks for your help Nicola!
More broadly this consultation is about what to do at the EU level with regard to clearing rights in all markets.
The current situation is very fragmented as each state has its own collecting agency and very often rights are not cleared for smaller states (therefore content is not transmitted there) because they are small markets and the hassle is greater than the benefit.
This consultation is about what to do to make it simpler to clear rights for multiple states to broaden service access. The paper explicitly says many EU citizens expect to be able to access the same content everywhere in EU while currently that is not happening.
It ask questions about whether there should be a central agency that can simplify clearing rights in multiple EU areas at the same time.
They do mention the internet but only as one of the mediums used to distribute content, they are equally interested in cable, satellite, DTT, and any other mean used to transmit content.
Simo.