Some of the largest hotel chains whose headquarters are in Europe are in a dilemma when it comes to complying with the current Intellectual Property Law and this situation, inevitably, transcends establishments based in Latin America.
According to hoteliers, one of the main problems is that a work has many beneficiaries, contrary to what happens in countries such as the United States where, through the acquisition of copyright, it is the entrepreneur who distributes the established amounts to those involved in the productive chain of the work: authors, performers, etc.
As he told other media, Ramón Estalella, secretary general of the Spanish Confederation of Hotels and Tourist Accommodation (Cehat), is hopeful that the new Intellectual Property Law will come to give order to the situation.
Some of the requests made by the entity is the existence of an independent body capable of resolving conflicts and setting the rates of rights based on objective criteria. A second requirement is the creation of a one-stop shop where a single fee is charged per type of hotel for the acquisition of the intellectual property of a work, where the establishment can make a single payment and it is said office that then distributes the money among the interested parties who are entitled to it.
Some of the payments that hoteliers must make are those corresponding to the music used in the rooms, television channels and celebrations.
