COMMUNICATION - COMMENTARY
Since its inception in 2007, the CCP has emphasized public awareness and education about creators’ rights in various outlets and contexts including events we’ve organized or attended, publications we’ve released, or advocacy initiatives in which we’ve participated. That mission is no less important today, given the continued technological development throughout the past seventeen years and with individual creators finding it harder than ever to leverage themselves in an increasingly competitive content marketplace. In addition to curating informational articles and secondary source reporting covering important trends and developments, we provide selective commentary and insight on specific topics from thought leaders and industry luminaries.
The opinions expressed below are those of their authors, but they all resonate with respect for creators’ rights and content distribution for consumers’ enjoyment. These are people we admire who have something to say and deserve to be heard.
My Tokyo Weekend With Japan’s Next Generation Of Filmmakers
- by John Polson - 7 Nov 2016
- 07/11/2016
My trip to Tokyo as a guest speaker for the MPA had been arranged many months ago. It was an exciting opportunity and one that I’d been looking forward for.........
Fair use does not mean free
- by Kim Williams
- 22/09/2016
The Productivity Commission’s draft report on Australia’s copyright arrangements makes recommendations that would be incredibly detrimental to our national creative talent. The report is overall profoundly disappointing and a major.........
Fair markets, not fair use
- by George Ford
- 22/09/2016
The internet is growing and innovating at breakneck speed, disrupting many established industries and changing how we communicate, conduct commerce, consume entertainment and news, and interact with government. Perhaps unsurprisingly,.........
Consumers will be the real losers from proposed copyright reforms
- by Don Groves
- 22/09/2016
Every week at Australia’s 2,080 cinema screens, an army of around 10,000 workers – mainly youth – facilitate the screening of 100 or more titles – features, documentaries, concerts and.........
Capturing the next million users – how live TV will carve the future of OTT
- by Archana Anand
- 22/09/2016
India’s digital story is unfolding day by day. Our Internet user growth rate is over 40% – as against a global growth rate of 9%. The number of mobile Internet.........
Vietnam’s new film classification system offers new horizon of opportunities for local filmmakers
- by Phan Dang Di
- 22/09/2016
Vietnam’s new regulation on film classification will take effect on January 1st 2017. The long expected regulation is seen as a relaxation of the government’s discretion in film censorship. It.........
The future of online content delivery in ASIA, boom or bust?
- by Patrick Grove
- 20/08/2016
As the Co-Founder and Chairman of Asia’s fastest-growing subscription video service, iFlix, which launched operations in 2015, the media and entertainment industry in the region is on the verge or.........
Cartier appeal bodes well for UK trademark enforcement
- by Frank Rittman
- 11/07/2016
Last week’s decision by the United Kingdom’s Court of Appeals, upholding an earlier 2014 decision by the High Court requiring internet service providers to restrict their customers’ access to trademark-infringing.........
Indonesia’s film industry open for business
- by Nora Mediana
- 13/06/2016
Positive changes, some already implemented and others recently announced, include enhanced infrastructure to guard against online piracy, the liberalization of the film sector through the removal of foreign investment restrictions,.........
Governments and creative economies: building for the future
- by Rezal A. Rehman
- 23/04/2016
Governments often incentivize specific industries, such as agriculture, textiles, or petrochemicals, because of the jobs those industries help create and the wider impact on societal development from having created those.........
Score one for the good guys: protecting Singapore’s creativity
- by Clara Cheo and Mark Shaw
- 23/04/2016
The creative industries – books, magazine, theater, music, movies and TV, computer software and the like – are an essential component of Singapore’s national ambitions for future economic sustainability. Over.........
Tackling Piracy in Australia: Village Roadshow’s New and Innovative Strategy
In a blockbuster speech delivered on October 10 to the Australian International Movie Convention meeting in Gold Coast, Queensland, Graham Burke, Co-Executive Chairman and Co-CEO of Australia’s largest entertainment company,.........