Other matters on private copying compensation

The plan wants cultural policy to create good economic conditions for both institutions and free culture and defends culture's independent position. It supports the demand that photographers continue to be covered by the compensation model and that ceiling levels can be raised and not just lowered. The committee's reasons - that rights holders under EU law must receive fair compensation - lie in line with the plan's demands for economic conditions for cultural creators.

• economic conditions for cultural creatorsdecisive»Kulturpolitiken behöver skapa goda ekonomiska villkor för såväl« (party programme ↗)“Cultural policy needs to create good economic conditions for both”
• culture's independence»Vänsterpartiet försvarar den oberoende kulturen.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The Left Party defends independent culture.”
• culture's value for everyone»Kultur som konst, musik och film bidrar till att skapa ett rikare samhälle att leva i för alla.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Culture such as art, music and film contributes to creating a richer society to live in for everyone.”

The plan requires copyright, secure conditions and fair compensation for artistic professionals. That photographers shall continue to be covered by the compensation model and that ceiling levels shall be able to be raised, not only lowered, follows directly from that commitment. The plan's demand for a living and free cultural life speaks against compensation to authors being hollowed out.

• fair compensation for authorsdecisive»Upphovsrätt, trygga villkor och skälig ersättning för konstnärliga yrkesutövare.« (party programme ↗)“Copyright, secure conditions and fair compensation for artistic professionals.”
• living cultural life»Sverige ska ha ett levande, fritt och obundet kulturliv som både stärker samhörigheten och utmanar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden shall have a living, free and independent cultural life that both strengthens unity and challenges.”
• equal access to culture»Jämlik tillgång till litteratur och musik, dans och teater, bildkonst och film.« (party programme ↗)“Equal access to literature and music, dance and theatre, visual art and film.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan commits to improving culture creators' economic conditions and modernizing copyright so that their rights are protected. Excluding makers of photographic images from the compensation model worsens conditions for a group of culture creators, and the counter-proposal's demands that they be included and that ceiling levels can be raised follow from the plan's commitment. The plan also establishes that cultural workers shall be covered by functioning security systems.

• culture creators' copyright is protecteddecisive»förbättra kulturskaparnas ekonomiska och sociala villkor och modernisera upphovsrätten så att kulturskaparnas rättigheter värnas.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“improve culture creators' economic and social conditions and modernize copyright so that culture creators' rights are protected.”
• reasonable conditions for culture creators»Professionella konstnärer och kulturskapare ska kunna arbeta under rimliga villkor i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“Professional artists and culture creators shall be able to work under reasonable conditions throughout the country.”
• security for cultural workers too»Vår solidaritet är inte villkorad till att arbeta i sektorer med kollektivavtal. Även egenföretagare, kulturarbetare och gigarbetare ska omfattas av fungerande trygghetssystemen.« (party programme ↗)“Our solidarity is not conditional on working in sectors with collective agreements. Self-employed workers, cultural workers, and gig workers shall also be covered by functioning security systems.”
• public responsibility for culture»Kulturen är en del av vår välfärd – därför har det offentliga ett ansvar för att säkerställa en rik och rättvis tillgång till kultur.« (party programme ↗)“Culture is part of our welfare—therefore the public has a responsibility to ensure rich and fair access to culture.”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The party programme states that authors' right to compensation for their work must be secured while copyright should reward creative force. That photographers continue to be covered by the compensation scheme, and that ceiling levels can be adjusted in both directions, follows from that commitment. The plan provides no support for exempting a group of authors without proper impact analysis.

• compensation to authorsdecisive»upphovsmännens rätt att få ersättning för sitt arbete måste säkras« (party programme ↗)“authors' right to receive compensation for their work must be secured”
• copyright rewards creation»Upphovsrätten måste bejaka och belöna skaparkraften« (party programme ↗)“Copyright must embrace and reward creative force”
• copyright must evolve»Digitaliseringen utmanar den traditionella synen på upphovsrätten.« (party programme ↗)“Digitalization challenges the traditional view of copyright.”
• copyright must not hinder innovation»riskerar det att förhindra entreprenörskap, innovation och nya affärsmodeller.« (party programme ↗)“risks preventing entrepreneurship, innovation and new business models.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that cultural creators' right to decide over their works is a prerequisite for freedom of culture and that artistic creation of high quality shall have good conditions. That photographers continue to be covered by the compensation model, and that the ceiling levels can be raised and not just lowered, is in line with this. The plan does not take a stance on private copy compensation's technical design.

• copyright's positiondecisive»Kulturskaparnas rätt att bestämma över sina verk är en förutsättning för kulturens frihet.« (party programme ↗)“Cultural creators' right to decide over their works is a prerequisite for freedom of culture.”
• good conditions for cultural creators»Konstnärligt skapande av hög kvalitet ska ha goda villkor.« (party programme ↗)“Artistic creation of high quality shall have good conditions.”
• culture's intrinsic value»Kulturpolitiken ska värna kulturens eget värde gentemot rena nyttoändamål.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Cultural policy shall value culture's own value against mere utility purposes.”
• adapted copyright»Upphovsrätten måste dock anpassas till ny teknik och nya distributionsformer.« (party programme ↗)“Copyright must however be adapted to new technology and new distribution forms.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan guards property rights in intellectual creations and for the arts to have good conditions to operate. That photographers continue to be covered by the compensation model and that ceiling levels can be raised follows from this principle of compensation to rights holders. However, the documents say nothing about the private copying compensation's design specifically, so the conclusion is uncertain.

• protection of intellectual property rightsdecisive»mänskligheten är möjligheten att skydda äganderätten till uppfinningar. Det handlar om« (party programme ↗)“humanity is the possibility of protecting property rights in inventions. It is about”
• good conditions for the arts»Det offentliga har ansvar för att konstarterna får goda villkor att verka.« (party programme ↗)“The public has responsibility for the arts to have good conditions to operate.”
• property rights as human rights»Rätten till egendom är en mänsklig rättighet och därför ska en regel finnas i grundlagen som« (party programme ↗)“The right to property is a human right and therefore a rule should exist in the constitution that”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan does not address private copying compensation. Its closest commitments are to sharply reduce red tape and administrative costs and not to impose new collective burdens on households, which speaks against widening the circle of those entitled to compensation and allowing increased ceiling levels. The plan's strong property rights principle pulls in another direction, so the position is uncertain.

• reduced red tapedecisive»Ta bort en tredjedel av företagens administrationskostnader och en tredjedel av regelkrånglet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Remove one third of companies' administrative costs and one third of red tape”
• no increased collective burdens»Införa ett skattehöjarstopp under den kommande mandatperioden som innebär att de samlade skatterna inte höjs« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce a tax increase cap during the coming mandate period which means that the total taxes are not raised”
• strong property rights»Äganderätten och näringsfriheten ska ha ett starkt skydd i« (party programme ↗)“Property rights and freedom of commerce shall have strong protection in”

The plan does not address the scope of private copying compensation or ceiling levels. The nearest commitment is that outdated copyright rules should be adapted to how people actually consume content and that rules should be cost-effective. Widening the circle of entitled to compensation and opening for raised ceiling levels points in the opposite direction and therefore speaks against the counter-proposal's demands.

• modernized copyrightdecisive»Föråldrade regler om upphovsrätt behöver också anpassas efter hur människor konsumerar och skapar innehåll i det digitala samhället.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Outdated rules on copyright also need to be adapted to how people consume and create content in the digital society.”
• cost-effective rules»Nya regler ska vara kostnadseffektiva och befintliga regler behöver ses över.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“New rules shall be cost-effective and existing rules need to be reviewed.”
• deregulation»Verka för regelförenkling och avlasta småföretagens administrativa börda« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Work for deregulation and relieve small enterprises of administrative burden”