Statement of the Association of Online Video Display Companies; Satra does not have the authority to form the “Rasta” group/ Comparison: “Rasta” is the real representative of all platforms

According to the Fars News Agency TV reporter, following the recent criticisms of Mohammad Mahdi Asgarpour, Secretary of the Online Video Display Companies Association, and Mehdi Kouhian, a media lawyer, Saeed Moqiseh, head of the Organization for the Regulation of Pervasive Sound and Image in Cyberspace (Satra), About the activities of “Rasta”, he said: “The Rasta Assembly started its activity as a professional institution with a participatory self-regulation approach in the field of inclusive audio and video with the membership, presence and participation of all media licensed by Satra, at the same time as the first Rasta exhibition was held.

*Maqiseh: Satra’s role in forming the assembly is only facilitation and not management

The Steering Council of Rasta Assembly will be elected on the 6th of May, with the possibility of participation of all licensees from Satra, and Satra’s role in forming the assembly is only facilitation and not management. On the other hand, the Organization for the Regulation of Universal Audio and Video Media, with the aim of interacting more and better with the above-mentioned trade union organization, has provided the possibility of the membership of the representatives who are elected by the steering council, in the specialized councils of Satra, which is definitely an effective measure for interactive regulation. . Currently, these councils are: Production Licensing Council, Publishing Licensing Council, Content Support Council such as distribution of organizational content packages, Government Support Council such as distribution of government budgets as in Note 6 and similar – Facilitation Fund Council, Satra Exclusive Support Council such as benefiting from Avmic Group facilities, Arbitration and Mediation Council to resolve possible disputes between licensees or production agents, Violation Handling Council, Regulation Development Council, Data and Technology Regulatory Council, Professional Qualification Council, Satra Competition Council, Rashta Exhibition and Festival Council, Evaluation Council and Media Rating, Media Literacy Council, Post-Publication Review Council, and Market Map Council.

In another part of his speech, he said: “These councils and other decision-making assemblies will help the Rasta Assembly to be an effective assembly to support the industry of inclusive audio and video platforms in the virtual space. Rasta Assembly is the true and unconditional representative of all platforms licensed by Satra; While the numerous trade associations that have been formed with issues related to Satra’s mission, they only represent a limited number of active platforms or activists in the field of inclusive audio and video, whose membership requires paying a membership fee and accepting the current board of directors.

*Efrasiabi: “Rasta” assembly is the real representative of all the platforms licensed by Satra

Also, Mohammad Sadegh Afrasiabi, the vice president of users and social regulation of “Satra”, also said in this context: “At the beginning, Satra did not emphasize the creation of a new trade union and before the exhibition of “Rasta”, this proposal was presented to the honorable chairman of the board of directors of the show companies trade association. An online video was presented to enable the presence of all platforms licensed from Satra as members of the general assembly and the election of the board of directors by the vote of all licensed platforms, which can be presented and cited.

Currently, all the members of the trade association of online video display companies are licensed either by Satra as VOD or by Sedasima Organization as IPTV; But the important difference is that the “Rasta” forum is the real representative of all the platforms licensed by Satra; While the Association of Online Video Display Companies only represents a limited number of platforms licensed by Satra.

*Statement of the trade association of online video display companies

According to Fars news agency, the trade association of online video display companies, in a statement a few days ago, called Satra’s move to form the Rasta assembly an illegal move and interference in the trade union affairs of private businesses and warned of its consequences. It seems that the opinions of Maqiseh and Efrasiyabi based on Plesse are formulated to this statement.

The text of the statement of the Association of Online Video Companies is as follows: “These days, the publication of news about the formation of the general assembly of “Rasta” (Assembly of Universal Audio and Video Media of Iran) and the election of the governing council of this assembly in some media has caused concern and surprise among the activists of this field. .

Satra group (affiliated to Sedavsima), which is an institution that does not have an organization law approved by the Islamic Council, in a strange and illegal action to interfere in the union affairs of private businesses by launching a group called “Rasta” from some online display platforms He was invited to participate in a commission with the purpose of issuing production and display licenses and forming a trade union assembly, while in accordance with the fundamental principle of “no jurisdiction” in public law, “no administrative authority has jurisdiction, no initiative and action, including the issuance of instructions, regulations and It does not prevent the legitimate rights of natural and legal persons, unless the law has given him such permission.

As a result of this principle, the Satra group does not have the authority to intervene in the union and form a self-proclaimed group like Rasta. In addition, after years of activity, it still has not provided any comprehensive and accurate and acceptable definition regarding “surrounding audio and video” and due to the lack of a clear and approved law, therefore, there is no responsibility towards Satra in this area, let alone forming A special parallel guild with special and non-transparent motives!

On the other hand, despite the multi-year efforts of the Broadcasting Organization to legitimize Satra by including a line in the budget law, the honorable Guardian Council has always intelligently rejected it, as it contradicts Article 52 of the Constitution, but it is still not clear that Satra is without With what intention does the legal authority seek to form the Rasta Group and intervene in trade union affairs and perform the duties specified for the private sector!

Also, based on paragraph “b” of article 92 of the law of the sixth five-year program of economic, social and cultural development, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the Broadcasting Organization and other related institutions are obliged to comply with the general policies and the law on the implementation of the policies of Article 44 of the Constitution, the list of licenses and hand over cultural and artistic enterprises to the private sector, cooperatives and non-governmental organizations in accordance with Sharia standards.

According to Article 2 of the regulation of the said paragraph, all the licenses and management affairs of cultural and artistic activities, audio and video, written, non-written and digital media, cinematographic, visual and listening activities are considered the subject of this law. According to this, by violating the rules of public law and without the permission of the Islamic Council, he cannot be involved in business and trade union activities.

Especially, the high officials of the country have repeatedly stressed and seriously demanded the necessity of not taking over the public sector and facilitating affairs in private businesses, which happened to be emphasized by the 13th government as well.

In addition, according to Article 3 of the law on continuous improvement of the business environment, executive bodies are obliged to take into consideration the opinions of relevant economic organizations while developing or amending regulations, directives and executive procedures. According to this law and since the trade association of online video display, which was formed based on article 131 of the labor law and is currently the only legal representative of online video production and display businesses; Regardless of whether Satra has the permission to form such a commission or not, instead of entering into trade union issues and creating an organization called Rasta, it should invite this association to carry out matters related to the representation of the private sector. Not only has such an event not happened now, but a group that, first of all, is a competitor of the private sector with extensive facilities, and secondly, it is considered one of the governing bodies with public funds of the country, intends to form a guild for the private sector (!) and for this action, it is also publicly It refers to incentive packages in the sense that in order to legitimize or increase participation in the mentioned forum, it also promises the use of government facilities for members!

Based on this and considering the similar bitter experiences and the blows that the unnecessary intervention of the government departments in trade union affairs has inflicted on the private sector businesses and has always been condemned by the country’s highest authorities, we demand the cessation of this illegal act of satra and the consequences and costs We warn against the illegal and anti-union spirit of the country.

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