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The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) is an association of European Collective Management Societies representing audiovisual authors.

Through its members SAA represents over 120,000 film and television European screenwriters and directors.

One day in Strasbourg - SAA shows off Europe's audiovisual creativity

For the first edition of “One Day in Strasbourg”, The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA), the European association of audiovisual collective rights management organisations for screenwriters and directors, is putting the spotlight on Europe’s new boom in TV series on the 21st May. Creators, collective management organisations and MEPs will meet for informal discussions about the work of screenwriters and directors in creating a TV series over the course of the evening.

SAA Publishes Royalty Distribution booklet

As part of its work on the collective right management directive SAA has published a short booklet looking at how collective rights management organisations work and the rules that apply in different European countries for royalty distributions.

SAA publishes comments on Vitorino Private Copying Report

Recommendations risk undermining the private copying system as a whole by persistently favouring device manufacturers and importers while having devastating effects on weaker parties, such as audiovisual authors, and consumers.