Copyright legislation must keep up with the times: it must be reformed to meet the changes in society and the creative industries.
Legislation must be used to secure an operating environment for authors, performing artists and publishers in the creative industries, where agreements on the use of works can be made smoothly. Authors and other copyright holders must be able to live on their own work and investments in different kinds of content.
Actions must be taken during the Government term to ensure fair and supportive copyright legislation as well as predictable copyright revenue for the operators in the field.
For this reason, we propose that the reform of the Copyright Act should continue during the Government term. This is linked to three issues:
- developing a comprehensive and flexible licence system included in the Copyright Act, i.e. an extended collective licence
- continuing the reform of the Copyright Act from domestic starting points
- ensuring that the Ministry of Education and Culture will continue to manage issues related to the Copyright Act in the future, too.
Learn more about our goals for the parliamentary term (in Finnish)