Screenrights
Paul Wiegard is an influential leader in the Australian film and television industry, currently serving as a Board Member at ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image and Screenrights, and as President of the Australian Independent Distributors Association (AIDA). Wiegard co-founded and is the CEO of Madman Entertainment, a prominent independent film and television distribution company. Additionally, Wiegard is the Co-Chair of the Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC) and the Founder of DocPlay. Wiegard holds a Master’s Degree in Screen Arts and Business from the Australian Film Television and Radio School and a B.Sc and B.A. from the University of Melbourne. Wiegard's extensive experience encompasses various roles in the industry, including directorships at Nude Run Pty Ltd, Bang Packaging and Stationery, and MADMAN PRINTING PTY LTD.
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Screenrights
Screenrights is a non-profit membership organisation that provides rights and royalty management services to the screen industry, and simple licensing solutions for teachers in education, administrators in government, and subscription TV retransmitters to access broadcast programs. From the licence fees we provide royalty payments to our members for the programs audiences love. ~~~~~~ SCREEN INDUSTRY Screenrights collects royalties for uses of audiovisual works where it is difficult or impossible to license on an individual basis. These royalties come from: - Educational use - Government use - Pay TV retransmission In addition, we provide these services for screen businesses: - Worldwide royalty collection - Film & TV disbursements - Residuals management As well as our ongoing advocacy work and our annual Cultural Fund grants. ~~~~~~~ ACCESS TO SCREEN CONTENT Screenrights licenses the use of broadcast content from television and radio through: - Australian licences for educators, government and retransmission - New Zealand licence for educators Resource centres such as ClickView, eTV, TV 4 Education and Informit EduTV use Screenrights educational licenses to copy content into online streaming services that help teachers make best use of educational content. ~~~~~~ Screenrights is the trading name of Audio Visual Copyright Society.