MUMBAI: BRIC countries - Brazil, Russia, India and China, which are in similar stage of development, can hold major benefit from the Indian Copyright Act to provide authors and creators the much needed recognition and protection for their rights.
During the fourth biennial World Creators Summit, India Universal Music Publishing MD Achille Forler will speak about the Indian Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012 which has received many attention around the globe while his main topic of his speech will be ‘Focus on BRICS – what role can they play in the digital economy?’.
Speaking with Radioandmusic.com, Forler said, “India has taken a very unique step with this act which has now pressurized other BRIC countries like China and Russia to make similar efforts. I will provide other countries the understanding needed through my experience in India which will help Brazil, South Africa Russia, China and many other countries to gain through my experience.”
“This act not only holds benefit to the country but has made other countries look up to India,” he added. This platform set in Washington DC aims at establishing a constructive dialogue, exchange ideas, debate diverse viewpoints and discuss the remedies linked to intellectual property and creative content online with all the stakeholders in the new digital economy, from creators, rights organizations and guilds, to content service providers, broadcasters, telecommunications operators, hardware manufacturers, legal experts and policy-makers. This summit is presented by International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC).
He hopes that through the summit he will help built better relations with other countries which will help in understanding their models and help them gain through our experience.
Forler highlighted that major obstacle in India for the authors is under reporting by telecom companies and unauthorized usage of content by very big companies. It was recently that Universal Music Publishing had signed a global deal with YouTube. Universal Music Publishing was in talks with YouTube from 2006. Meanwhile, biggies like Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell have yet not able to reach an agreement.