[CEPIC shares this view] "Today the safe harbour rules are being misapplied. They were intended to protect truly passive online intermediaries from copyright liability. They were not designed to exempt companies that actively engage in the distribution of music online [visual content online] from playing by the same rules as other online music services [image providers services]. The effect is a distorted market, unfair competition and artists and labels deprived of a fair return for their work."
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