RTV Theory and Practice - Special Issue

In Thailand pirate goods make up 90% of the market, and in Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea the percentage is also very high. Some of the governments show little interest in combatting piracy because the factories аге foreign-owned. Home recordings constitute another form of this cancer. The figure of 252 million dollars has been mentioned as having been lost by US mamrfacturers as a consequence of home recordings. The British government is appraising the feasibility of levying a tax to compensate for the lost earnings. To satisfy those concerned, the tax would amount to 30% for tape-recorders and between 175-200% for blank tapes. The conclusion was discouraging, for not even the developed countries consider piracy a criminal ог civil violation. It was proposed that advisory bodies be formed in the various countries which would cooperate with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) - the international organization for the protection of phonograms and videograms. At the 1970 IMIC meeting governments were called upon to take action against piracy. A уеаг and a half later an international convention making piracy illegal was signed. Positive progress in this direction has also been achieved in cooperation with Interpol and the IFPI. I i The general conclusion reached at the 1978 IMIC was: the world record industry is urged to destroy the piracy disease before it becomes omnipotent LEGAL PROTECTION OF RECORD PRODUCERS When pirate cassettes with music by Yugoslav music producers appeared in F.R. Сегшапу certain facts emerged showing that the rapid technological and commercial development of this industry outstrip by far its organization and protection. There is no efficient organization of record and cassette producers in Yugoslavia, other than occasional gatherings of their representatives to deal with some

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