Dear all, I was informed today that the Association of Radio Operators for India (AROI, "the official representative of all FM operators in India") made a submission to the Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on HRD which is looking into the proposed copyright amendments.
I was wondering if anyone from the CR-India community made any
submissions (which were to be made by March 31st). If anyone has any
comments but hasn't made an official submission, please pass them on to
me *as soon as possible* (by which I mean tomorrow).
The part relating to radio is the newly proposed s.31D:
31D. Statutory licence for radio broadcasting of literary and musical
works and sound recordings.
(1) Any broadcasting organisation desirous of communicating to the
public by way of a broadcast or by way of performance of a literary or
musical work and sound recording which has already been published may do
so subject to the provisions of this section.
(2) The broadcasting organisation shall give prior notice, in such
manner as may be prescribed, of its intention to broadcast the work
stating the duration and territorial coverage of the broadcast, and
shall pay to the owner of rights in each work royalties in the manner
and at the rate fixed by the Copyright Board.
(3) In fixing the manner and the rate of royalty under sub-section
(2) the Copyright Board may require the broadcasting organisation to pay
an advance to the owners of rights.
(4) The names of the authors and the principal performers of the
work shall be announced with the broadcast.
(5) No fresh alteration to any literary or musical work, which is
not technically necessary for the purpose of broadcasting, other than
shortening the work for convenience of broadcast, shall be made without
the consent of the owners of rights.
(6) The broadcasting organisation shall —
(a) maintain such records and books of account, and render to
the owner of rights such reports and accounts; and,
(b) allow the owner of rights or his duly authorised agent or
representative to inspect all records and books of account relating to
such broadcast
in such manner as may be prescribed
(7) Nothing in this section shall affect the operation of any
licence issued or any agreement entered into before the commencement of
the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2010.
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Pranesh Prakash
Programme Manager
Centre for Internet and Society
W: http://cis-india.org | T: +91 80 40926283
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