The streaming platform Netflix is in the middle of a legal dispute with Italian actors, who have filed a lawsuit for non-payment of residual rights corresponding. This conflict has generated significant tensions in the entertainment field.
According to legal documents obtained by Deadline, the complaint was filed by the actor collective Artisti 7607 with the aim of obtaining adequate and proportional compensation that the law establishes for artists, both actors and dubbers.
Residual rights, also known as “diritti di riproduzione secondary“In Italian, they are additional payments or royalties that actors receive when their works, whether series or movies, are re-broadcast on platforms such as Netflix.
Actors affected by Netflix's lack of payment
Among the affected actors is the renowned Elio Germano, who participated in the film “La nostra vita” in 2010, which won an award at the Cannes Film Festival. Despite his contribution to the project, Germano has not received compensation for residual rights.
The company Artisti 7607, which has represented numerous Italian stars for more than a decade, has announced that, after more than eight years of fruitless negotiations to obtain the necessary information to determine fair compensation for the artists according to European and national legislation , they have been seen forced to resort to judicial channels to demand compliance with the law.
The Italian group of actors has highlighted their intention to avoid situations similar to those experienced by their colleagues in the United States in recent months. “We do not want to be victims of obstructionist practices or accept insignificant compensation from streaming platforms, for the same reasons that led to the recent strike of American actors and screenwriters,” explained Artisti 7607.
Sources close to the company assure that the artists seek transparency in relation to the viewing and metrics of the films in which they participate.
In a statement, Netflix claimed to have reached an agreement with an Italian company to remunerate the actors. “We have tried for a long time to reach an agreement with Artisti 7607 and we have provided them with all the information required by law, as AGCOM recognized in its decision last year,” they stated from the streaming platform.
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