The vote on the draft law on Creation and the Internet postponed: extreme disappointment at SACEM

Following postponement of the final vote on the law on “criminal protection of literary and artistic property on the Internet’ (“Hadopi 2”) to the autumn session of the French Parliament, authors, composers and publishers of music wish to express their great disappointment and genuine anger following deferment of the vote to the next Parliamentary session.

Fully aware of the need for scrupulous respect of public freedoms, they deem, in compensation, that literary and artistic property rights should also be protected and respected by law.

While they see their income from the phonograph market shrink year after year, month after month, with no compensation from online services to make up for their loss, because of the impact of piracy in particular, they solemnly ask the members of parliament to take their responsibilities to answer this institution of justice.

SACEM will remain attentive to the conditions in which these discussions are held and the result of parliamentary debate, hoping that this text will undergo no changes or distortions likely to reduce its effectiveness.

At the end of this process, it will be important, in all events, to assess the scope of the text and engage an essential debate on the funding of music and remuneration for rights holders, authors, composers and publishers having fully suffered the consequences of this crisis without having benefited in the least from any measures of support, whether on a national or a European level.

Contacts:

Fabienne Herenberg – fabienne.herenberg@sacem.fr
33 1 47 15 45 55
33 6 84 95 29 80

Diane Hérissé – diane.herisse@sacem.fr
33 1 47 15 45 94