Z:gnu-www-ja-wipo-PublicAwarenessOfCopyright-2002--88a76a-Within the copyright community/en

Within the copyright community such as we are today in this room, it is fine to refer to artists, composers, performers and enterprises as &lsquo;rights holders&rsquo;. But it is poor public relations to employ the same terms when speaking to politicians, consumers users and the public. With them, we must use the terms devoid of legal jargon, terms, which are at least as neutral or better still, inclusive,conveying meanings with which the public can identify. So &lsquo;rights holders&rsquo; should become painters, writers, sculptors, musicians.