Echoes of the New Copyright Directive approved by the European
Parliament last month extend to the other side of the pond. That is
why, taking advantage of the popularity achieved by the new
community copyright reforms for Internet platforms, the Argentine
Society of Management of Performing Actors of Argentina (Sagai)
announced the launch of a new campaign to demand from them,
specifically YouTube, the enforcement of the National Intellectual
Property Law.
In this regard, it is important to remark that the
aforementioned entity filed a lawsuit with YouTube (whose parent
company is Google) 4 years ago for the lack of payment to actors
when that platform uploads national series and films (only claim in
the world made by a entity of this type). The form of collection to
which Sagai aspires is a percentage, regulated by the Argentine
Government through the Intellectual Property Law. That is why,
according to their representatives, they are very close to the
initiative
