Mr. Gerry O'Brien:

Contracts of actors under the European copyright directive must provide for fair, adequate and proportionate remuneration for the ongoing exploitation of that work. That goes back to the Copyright and Related Rights Act of 2000. That is enshrined in that. I have examples here. For example, prior to 2018, the radio contract stated that the fee offered in respect of the broadcast, whether live or recorded, may be subsequently broadcast and allowed for one repeat of same. There was a limit on the amount of usage that a single fee bought, which is compliant with the legislation. The legislation states that an artist may sell one but not all of the performances they are vested in, in part, but not all of the period vested in them. The period for the copyright is 50 years.

That sort of complied with that, but I recently had a phone call with an actor whose radio play was on its second repeat. This was the play's third transmission. The actor received a new contract, which stated that in order to get paid for the third broadcast, which is money that is due from the initial contract, they had to sign a new contract that guaranteed unlimited usage on RTÉ radio and through digital, etc. If the actor does not sign that piece of paper, RTÉ will not process the fee from the original contract. That is not the first time this has happened. I have one other complaint from somebody who had-----