Thursday 29 December 2022 – 4.24pm
SHARJAH, December 29, WAM / The Emirates Copyright Management Association and the Argentine Copyright Management Center, Cadra, signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation in the field of copyright protection and creative rights of authors, writers and publishers, and to create more opportunities for copyright interest in support of creative entrepreneurs and for the appreciation of literary and intellectual values.
The agreement – signed by Dr. Al Yazia Khalifa, President of the Emirates Copyright Management Association, and Luis Quevedo, President of the Argentine Copyright Management Association (Cada) – provided for cooperation mechanisms between the two sides , so that each party would be an agent for the other in licensing the rights of member writers and publishers to use them to enhance the cultural exchange of content. Creativity in the UAE and Argentina by owning the rights to copy books, literature and publications, which contributes to the prosperity of the creative economy and supports the cultural heritage of the two countries.
Dr Al-Yazia Khalifa, chairman of the board of the Emirates Society for Copyright Management, confirmed that the deal primarily aims to lay the foundation for the exchange of a cultural heritage that enriches the Emirates library in exchange for the export of creative works of the Emirates and the introduction in Argentina, as its signature is part of the initiatives and activities of the Company that aim to make known its functioning mechanisms, build bridges to communicate with international organizations working in the field of management of copyrights and introduce the scope of the work of partnership between rights holders and content producers of authors and publishers in creative communities around the world.
He added: We are working through the association and its partners to build a creative community made up of utilitarian associations and collective management organizations for rights, which help sustain the cultural environment and enhance creative and knowledge production by creating an advanced environment which works to protect the creators’ rights of writers and publishers and ensure that they benefit from copying their content because the only and direct way to activate intellectual property rights is to grant the rights to content producers in exchange for the use and copy of their works.
Interestingly, the Emirates Society for Copyright Management is the first institution of its kind in the UAE and the region to operate a collective management system to preserve the copyrights of authors and publishers in implementation of copyright protection laws. intellectual property rights and operates with an elaborate mechanism to protect the documented works and protect the rights of their owners and publishers.
The association carries out its activity by acting as a mediator on behalf of the authors and member publishers to secure the copying rights of their works. The activity of the association includes supervising the use of the works by the beneficiaries who have obtained the the association licenses from schools, colleges, copy centers and public libraries in cooperation with relevant government agencies.
The Center for Copyright Management (CADRA) is a non-profit civil association that collectively protects and manages copyright in Argentina and is made up of Argentine and foreign authors and publishers involved in the protection of rights in the publishing and provide users with access to texts for legal use and sharing.
Mustafa Badr Al-Din / Batoul Kashwani
