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In the premises of the Ministry of Culture, today, July 15, 2024, VAPIK and copyright users, cable operators IPKO Telecommunications, Artmotion, Kujtesa Net, Telkos, ISP Broadcast and Optimum Telecommunications, have signed an agreement on the implementation of the payment of fees of the retransmission as regulated by the decision dated 19.10.2020, entering in force from April 1, 2021 until 31.12.2024, and based on the Law on Copyright and Related Rights.

The agreement was signed by Lirak Çelaj, managing director and the representatives of the aforementioned operators. The agreement was signed in the presence of MCYS and IMK representatives who were engaged in mediation between VAPIK and cable operators in order to implement the Copyright Law, who also received guarantees that the Law and the Agreement will be fully implemented by both the parties.

This agreement marks an important step in the collective management of Audiovisual Copyright, which ensures the payment of accumulated fees from 2021, the determination of discounted fees for the years 2025-2028, the withdrawal of lawsuits from VAPIK and cable operators, the determination of new tari s for 2029 by agreement according to the law in force, and the fight against piracy and informality in the market by all signatories