The Copyright Act already provides mechanisms that allow creators who feel aggrieved to assert their copyrights. It also includes a notice and notice regime that allows Internet service providers to notify individuals when they violate the Copyright Act.
Some countries have taken other approaches. In the United States, they have a notice and take down regime; in Europe, they have a three-strikes rule. The legislation already provides various mechanisms that allow creators to assert their rights.
The way creators are paid nowadays, especially in the music industry, is completely different than it was ten years ago. Live performances, concerts and merchandise, such as t-shirts, change, but do not necessarily replace, revenue generated strictly by copyright royalties.
We are still in a period of change, transformation and transition. Stakeholders often have very strong views on whether the digital shift has had a positive or negative impact. Some of them, especially the younger generations, see a great opportunity for marketing in the digital world. Their choice to share their content on digital platforms is less about collecting royalties, and more about having their work discovered in other markets that they couldn't access 15 years ago, because they didn't have the technology. On the other hand, other artists from older generations do not necessarily see the digital world as an essential marketing environment.
There is no ready-made solution. That is why it is beneficial to have two parliamentary committees studying the Copyright Act.