VOIS took part in Subregional seminar “Protection of Copyright, Related Rights and Collective Management” held in Uzbekistan

VOIS took part in Subregional seminar “Protection of Copyright, Related Rights and Collective Management” which was held on April 3-4, 2012 in Uzbekistan. The seminar was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) and the Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
The participants of the seminar were lawyers, specialists of societies on collective management and experts of international organizations.
The speaker from VOIS was Eric Valdes-Martines (Deputy Director) who presented the report “Copyright and Collective Management in Russia – Present Challenges and Practical issues”. He told the colleagues about realization of related rights in Russia and the experience of VOIS as the sole state accredited organization that carries out collecting, distributing and paying out the remuneration on behalf of the Russian right holders.