The Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), the Syndicat des producteurs indépendants (SPI) and the Union syndicale de la production audiovisuelle (USPA), have signed an agreement introducing a new way of paying for broadcasting archives whose rights have expired. This is to extend the lifespan of broadcasting works and make it easier to use them by adapting the billing method to expired rights and to the different exploitation methods (broadcast television, DVD, VOD, SVOD, circuits institutional).
This new model, a first for the profession, exclusively concerns works in INA’s archives whose rights were originally acquired for at least five years and which have since expired. The application for an extension of the rights on a fixed basis is dropped in favour of a simpler and more appropriate method: charging according to the net proceeds of sale (capped at 30% for INA). This change in the method of payment, absolutely necessary to breathe new life into numerous heritage works in INA’s archives, will apply both to works being re-broadcast nationally and internationally.
Source: communiqué de presse INA
