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Audiovisual authors speak out and urge WIPO Copyright Committee to address their rights
Filmmakers and copyright experts have gathered at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva to discuss the lack of fair remuneration for audiovisual creators, and the urgent need for a study on the global situation of remuneration for audiovisual authors worldwide.
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New SAA Board confront AI, Big Tech and copyright challenges head-on
On 1 April, SAA General Assembly elected a new leadership; a Board of Directors that will guide the strategic direction of the organisation for 2025-2027 to address the challenges facing audiovisual authors in Europe, including the impact of generative AI, the uncertain regulatory environment and the challenging political climate.
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Copyright and AI: 7 recommendations to the UK (and the EU alike)
On 25 February, the SAA submitted its response to the UK’s public consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence. The UK proposes to introduce an exception for AI training with the possibility of rights reservations, similar to the EU. We responded that an exception for AI training is far from helpful in achieving the UK’s (and the EU’s) objective of promoting innovation while protecting the creative sector. Collective licensing is the most acceptable solution.
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Statement from a coalition of rightsholders on the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice: We cannot support it!
Joint statement by a coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice: It undermines the objectives of the AI Act, contravenes EU law and ignores the intention of the EU legislator – we cannot support it.
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Joint letter to Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef on the draft AI Code of Practice
Authors' and performers' representative organisations write to EU Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef to address the shortcomings of the AI Code of Practice to ensure that authors' and performers' rights and remuneration are respected.
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Joint statement at the Paris 2025 AI Action Summit
All the cultural and creative sectors have come together to reaffirm the international copyright framework in a call signed by 38 European and global organisations at the AI Summit.
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Joint statement: Championing a thriving and diverse cultural future for Europe’s film and audiovisual sector
We are approaching the end of the year, but the beginning of a new mandate for the European Commission. European audiovisual stakeholders therefore jointly call on European Ministers of Culture to reaffirm their commitment to policies that promote Europe’s unique cultural diversity while supporting local audiovisual ecosystems in a rapidly changing world.
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Open letter: Creators and rightholders organisations call for a meaningful implementation of the AI Act
We are writing to you as a broad coalition of creators and rightholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative industries to reiterate our support for the aims of the AI Act and to encourage you to promote and oversee its effective and meaningful implementation.
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Creators’ rights organisations urge Finnish MPs to reverse cuts to private copying compensation
The European and international organisations of authors and performers’ collective management organisations in the audiovisual, music, literary and visual arts – AEPO-ARTIS, BIEM, CISAC, EVA, IFRRO, GESAC and the SAA – have joined forces to call on the Finnish Parliament to reverse the cut in private copying compensation.
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Press release: Poland secures fair remuneration for audiovisual authors online under EU copyright law
The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) congratulates Poland on the implementation of the 2019 Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the Directive on Retransmission. After a long uphill battle, a historic milestone has finally been reached.
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Joint press release: Celebrate cultural diversity and act for creators, ask European authors’ organisations
On the occasion of the announcement of the five films nominated for the LUX Audience Award 2025, the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA), the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and the SAA call in their joint statement on the Members of the European Parliament to empower European audiovisual creation in all its diversity during their 10th parliamentary term.
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Press release: Creators’ rights organisations call for reversal of Finland's drastic cuts to private copying compensation
European and international associations of authors’ collective management organisations in the audiovisual, music, text and visual art’s sectors express their concern about the recent cut in the private copying compensation in Finland.
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