Location: Tunis – Tunisia
Language: Arabic
Duration: 00:04:59
Sound: Normal
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Dateline: 27/04/2022
Storyline:
The Tunisian Body for the Protection of Copyright organized an event on Tuesday titled “forum of performers’ rights” in the context of “intellectual talks” program to commemorate World Intellectual Property Day. The event identified the devastating circumstances of Tunisian actors and performers and attempted to find ways to promote the legal protection of their rights. The forum was attended by some actors, musicians, writers, filmmakers, playwrights and others. The participants discussed the issues related to copyright and intellectual property.
Shotlist:
Soundbite (Faisal Balzain – Theater actor):
“The problem for Tunisian actors starts from signing the contract, which has not been updates since ages as it contains the condition of allowing the producer to use the actor and his work any way the producer wants. This was the beginning of robbing the actors of their rights. What we actors and performers demand is changing the contents of the contract to legally protect our rights.”
Various shots of the discussions in the forum.
Soundbite (Layla Al-Shabi – Actress):
“I participated in the performers rights forum as reruns of shows I’ve been in are always on TV, especially during COVID-19. Officials claim they will enforce legal protection of our rights but nothing has changed.”
Soundbite (Norhan Boziyan – Theater actress):
“The state should acknowledge the profession of acting but still has not. Actors are not protected by law. Discussions continue but no solution has been found yet.”
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