French National Assembly Considering Nib To Alter Somebody Re-Create Levy Regime

Last week, nosotros looked at roughly of the legislative developments currently wending their mode through the French Senate.

France's other legislative body, the National Assembly, is too considering copyright-relevant legislation, namely a nib to modify the government applicable to the someone re-create levy.  The primary proposed changes are equally follows:

- to rename the levy from "remuneration for someone copy" to "compensation for someone copy"; this alter inwards terminology is intended to hew to a greater extent than closely to the levy's business office equally stated past times the CJEU;

- the brand upwards of the committee that sets the charge per unit of measurement of the levy is currently 50% representatives of the rightsholders, 25% representatives of manufacturers of the diverse media to which the levy applies together with 25% representatives of consumers; the nib proposes to changes this to one-third for each category;

- nether existing law, 25% of the amounts collected nether the levy past times the Collective Management Organziations are to move used inwards connectedness alongside sure as shooting statutorily defined purposes including assist for artists together with authors together with alive shows; the nib adds to this listing the role of reinforcing legal online offerings;

- the nib proposes to streamline the procedure whereby professionals tin dismiss obtain reimbursement of the levy.


The text of the nib is available (in French) here