Gino Paoli, president of SIAE: it is not a tax, firms do not discharge on consumers
“Who produces smartphones and tablets
must pay royalties to the authors’
Gino Paoli, president of SIAE MILAN – “The definition is important. This situation is complicated because there are too many misunderstandings. Surely this is not a tax on the smartphone. And then what does that mean private copy? I do not understand. Here we talk about compensation of the author. ” Gino Paoli, singer-songwriter, 79, is the president of SIAE, the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers, and is determined to bring order on the subject, facing “the corporate propaganda.”
To sum up the question , there is dancing in the recalculation of the compensation for private copying by the Ministry of Culture – planned as an update of the Decree of 30 December 2009 – that manufacturers of smartphones, tablets , and the computer will have to pay the SIAE, which in turn will turn to the authors. “It is a reward – says Paul – in exchange for the opportunity to make a personal copy of recordings protected by copyright. This compensation, however, should not be borne by those who buy the smartphone manufacturer but, that receives a benefit from being able to hold on your own authorial support a product like a song or a movie. It is expected also in France and Germany. “
L ” fair compensation ‘is already present and will be updated. Today we pay 0.90 euro for smartphones, tablets and anything for 1.90 Euros for computers. According to a temporary table (the ministry spoke of the need for further investigation), the fee would rise to € 5.20 for smartphones and tablet computers for 6 plus VAT. “This is to fix a price – continues Paoli -. In Italy, the levy is equal to 0.12% as against 5.12% in Germany. Yet smartphones and tablets to cost us in some cases even more. The Battle of Confindustria Digitale aims to protect corporations, who often do not even pay all taxes in Italy and certainly do not produce here. While the SIAE is a million and a half workers, who pay taxes in this country. We must remember that the culture industry is worth 5% of our GDP. What we ask is not a tax. When we take a taxi ride and we consider we pay the fee for the service received, not a tax. “
For Paoli important that you understand the ‘ ‘importance of SIAE’: ‘I’m tired of hearing it define a bandwagon. I’m trying to change it, now is a glass building. It is an important institution, a garrison of freedom for authors. ” And about who does the accounts of the possible new revenues for the SIAE – between 160 and 200 million based on sales estimates for 2014 of smart, tablet, PC and TV with USB connection – Paul tersely: “The problem is ill- place. We are revising the tariff. The rest is just speculation. They might sell more, as less. But the point is the copyright. “
Francesca Bass
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