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Italian Actors Body Artisti 7607 Sues Netflix Over Residuals & Lack Of Data Transparency
Italian Actors Body Artisti 7607 Sues Netflix Over Residual Payments
Artisti 7607, which launched in 2010 and began its collecting activities in 2013, said it has been trying to get Netflix to engage on the issue for eight years but that attempts to obtain the data necessary to determine the compensation due to its artists under European and national legislation had been fruitless. “We have been facing downward market practices for some time but by holding firm positions in everyone’s interest, we have managed to obtain the right remuneration,” said Artisti 7607 president Cinzia Mascoli. “We don’t want to suffer obstructionist attitudes and accept negligible compensation from streaming platforms, for the same reasons that motivated the recent actors’ strike and American screenwriters.
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