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CANAL+ DRC raises awareness of the harmful effects of piracy on the national economy
On Tuesday, October 29, Canal+ DRC took part in a seminar in Kinshasa on the protection of intellectual property rights and Internet piracy in the DRC, organized by the Agence française de développement (AFD) and the Association convergence. The general manager of this international media group in the DRC, Mireille Kabamba, focused on the negative impact of this scourge on the national economy.
Noting that almost all television channels in the DRC operate in freeware mode on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), Mireille Kabamba reminded the audience that the theft of series, films, games and all immaterial works should not be confused with the theft of anything material.
Here in Kinshasa, we’re faced with a lot of freeware channels on local DTT that have a habit of taking all the local content on the market to make a bouquet and make it available to the public. This is theft. Normally, you can’t use someone’s intellectual work without their permission, without paying for the rights, nor can you say that you created a channel based on things you didn’t produce, she laments.
On the subject of Internet piracy, Canal plus DRC notes with regret that many illegal streams are broadcast on a number of sites that are easily accessible via Youtube, Google, Télégramme and other platforms that attract large numbers of people. Faced with this reality, Mireille Kabamba had to raise awareness against the piracy of media content, which represents a loss of revenue for the state.
This theft deprives the Congolese state of a lot of money, because these people don’t pay their taxes, they nibble away at the legal operators, who are obliged to pay their taxes because they operate in the normal way. Piracy sounds nice, but it’s clearly punishable under Congolese law, she reminded us, insisting that IPTV is theft.
The Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (CSAC), one of the parties involved in this unprecedented event in the DRC, considers content piracy to be a scourge that is spreading throughout society, threatening not only the integrity and viability of the media, but also the dynamics of innovation that are crucial to the progress of the entire nation. This is a challenge to which we must respond collectively, firmly and with a clear vision of the future we want to build,” wished Christian Bossembe, President of the CSAC represented.
Congolese law sanctions piracy
The media regulator of the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has congratulated itself on cracking the whip to impose order on social networks, is doing the same to discourage pirates. It recalls the existence of Organic Law No. 11/001 of January 10, 2011, which gives the CSAC the latitude to sanction piracy, which it presents as “any unauthorized broadcasting of radio or television programs, or interference with frequencies allocated to third parties; it is also any fraudulent broadcasting of the programs of other radio or television stations, and any fraudulent broadcasting of programs, films, documentaries and broadcasts protected by copyright”.
However, CSAC recognizes that the fight against piracy cannot be just a legal battle. It must also be a fight for ethics, respect for the law and recognition of merit. Hence its desire to implement training and support strategies that enable audiovisual professionals to innovate, create and thrive in an environment that values originality.
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