Copyrights: ProLitteris demands massive increases
At the end of 2006, the two agreements between the copyright collective ProLitteris and the user organizations regarding the use of copyrighted works will expire.
The two contracts between the copyright society ProLitteris and the user organizations for the use of protected works expire at the end of 2006. According to the demands of Pro Litteris, levies are to be increased by around 10 percent in the area of copies and by around 40 percent in the area of in-house electronic networks. According to Viscom, Pro Litteris justifies its demand with the fact that copying has increased and company networks are now used much more intensively, which means that the proportion of protected works used has also increased. Viscom, which will represent the interests of visual communication companies in the upcoming renegotiations, wants to prevent what it considers to be unjustified additional costs for the industry.
