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Dinner with MEPs and European filmmakers

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Joint press release: Celebrate cultural diversity and act for creators, ask European authors’ organisations

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EU Parliament: Guard culture, defend authors and resist the far right

The AVMS Directive: Landmark Legislation

Advancing audiovisual authors' rights in Europe (brochure)

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EU Elections: Challenges for culture?

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Press release: Audiovisual authors’ organisations call on EU citizens to vote!

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6 ways the EU Parliament supported audiovisual authors

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EU AI Act: Joint statement from European creators and rightsholders

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5 takeaways from SAA's expert seminar on Artificial Intelligence

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Press release: Transparency obligations are essential elements of the AI Act

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700 organisations call on the Parliament to vote in favour of culture

LUX Audience Award 2024

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Press release: EU Parliament resolution: Fair remuneration vital for authors’ status

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Press release: EU legislators: strengthen the transparency obligations of the AI Act

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Use Your Vote

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Statement: the EU Parliament adopts AI Act report, challenges for creators remain

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Media freedom and pluralism must equal, not undermine audiovisual policies and cultural diversity

SAA position on the EU proposal for a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)

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Joint press release: The European audiovisual sector welcomes the European Parliament's report on the AVMS Directive

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4 ways to improve the AVMS Directive

The SAA’s contribution to the European Parliament’s implementation report on the Audiovisual Media Services Directive

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Position: 4 ways to improve the AVMS Directive

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Joint statement: DSA - Missed opportunity to make the Internet safer

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Joint letter: DSA - Plenary holds cards to building a safer internet

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Press release: Fair remuneration for creators, says the Parliament

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Turning words into actions for European culture and authors

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Collective management: A safety net for authors and performers

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Joint letter: A welcome budgetary increase for Creative Europe/MEDIA

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Take-Aways from SAA Online Event on the Copyright Directive, Article 18

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The new Copyright legislation: Making the most for next generation authors

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Joint letter: Support for culture in the EU Recovery & Resilience Facility

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Authors' call to invest in all our creative futures

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Joint letter: Investing in Europe’s next generation by investing in culture

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What does Artificial Intelligence have to do with films?

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Joint letter: Europe’s cultural and creative sectors call for ambitious EU budgetary measures to get through the COVID-19 crisis

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Authors deserve fairness, not charity

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Joint Film and Audiovisual Sector COVID-19 Statement

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Joint Letter to the EU Commission and the Member States to #saveEUculture

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“What is an author if they don’t have the right to express themselves?”

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The 6th edition of “One Day in Strasbourg” 

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European authors and performers support the Cultural and Creative Industries’ Intergroup

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Brussels EU quarters back to business

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Welcome back!

How to get filmmakers the money they deserve?

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A not so unified Union...

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Vote for culture - a catalyst for a better Europe

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Press release: “From May 23 to 26, let’s go vote!”

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3 ways the new European Parliament can support creators

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Press release: A new EU Copyright law – a long-fought battle won

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Open letter: Dear Members of the European Parliament,

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Joint statement on the Copyright Directive

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Joint press release: Copyright Directive negotiators recognise European filmmakers’ right to benefit from the success of their works

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Joint statement: Time to improve and adopt the Copyright Directive

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Joint statement: The EU urgently needs remuneration rules for authors and performers

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Broadcasting and retransmissions – from a bad proposal to a hopeful directive

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‘This time I’m voting’ - for cultural diversity

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99 European filmmakers call on the Copyright Directive to deliver on proportionate remuneration

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Op-ed: An EU Copyright law for the 21st century film and TV industry

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Joint Call of European creators and Producers to the negotiators of the Broadcasting legislation

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How to exploit authors’ work without exploiting the author

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The 5th edition of 'One Day in Strasbourg'

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Lux film prize finalists’ open letter 

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Joint press release: LUX Film Prize finalists’ plea to EU decision makers: audiovisual creators should be linked to the life of their works

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The new Copyright Directive: a thriller with a happy ending - 1st season

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Joint press release: The European Parliament confirms its support for authors’ rights in the Digital Single Market

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Venice Declaration

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Press release: 165 European screenwriters and directors call on the European Parliament to adopt the Copyright Directive

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Joint statement: The EU Copyright Directive - a crucial vote to support European creators

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Copyright 0-1: defending rights versus opposing obligations

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Joint message: the European Parliament needs more time to reach a position on copyright reform

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Press release: The European Parliament delays the adoption of the Copyright Directive

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Flourishing industries profit from struggling authors?

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Joint message: Uphold the mandate on Copyright in plenary vote to support creation in Europe

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Joint press release: The European Parliament’s report on the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market: a first good step for audiovisual authors

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Getting closer to the finishing line?

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Open letter from performers and audiovisual authors

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Performers and audiovisual authors plea to the European Parliament

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Event with authors and performers on fair remuneration in the European Parliament

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Joint press release: Performers and audiovisual authors unite calling for unwaivable remuneration right for on-demand exploitation in the Copyright Directive

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The 4th edition of 'One Day in Strasbourg'

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Lunch-briefing in the European Parliament on fair remuneration

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Lunch-briefing in the European Parliament on TV programme retransmission and direct injection

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Breakfast-briefing in the European Parliament: Copyright in the DSM

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Press release: SAA welcomes the reformed Audiovisual Media Services Directive: promoting and investing in European audiovisual works

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Joint statement: Direct Injection - rightsholders' call to Member States

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Joint press release: Audiovisual services - for a fair level playing field

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Testimonies

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It is time to act: support fair remuneration for audiovisual authors online

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Petition (closed)

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Will 2018 be a Happy New Year for Audiovisual Authors?

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Cabsat Regulation: a good step for the financing of creation; trilogue must now address issue of direct injection

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Broadcasting Regulation: When is retransmission retransmission?

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Expert Survey Shows Direct Injection as the Principal Form of Broadcasting in Europe

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European Copyright: Parliament committees vote for an unwaivable right to fair remuneration for audiovisual authors

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Canal+ and EU Copyright – collective action necessary

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Freedom of contract: fact and fiction

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European Parliament committee declines to support audiovisual authors in copyright vote

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The complexity of "fair"

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European Parliament Culture committee shows the way on audiovisual authors’ remuneration

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Political pick n mix before the copyright show

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Between a rock and a hard place

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Changing the perspective

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Legislative time travel: 2001 a Copyright Odyssey

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2015: A year for authors’ rights?

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Authors’ organisations open the European copyright ball

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The Lives of Others

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Phasing out copying?

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Making Private Copying Work for a Digital Europe

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To negotiate or not to negotiate

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Hearing both (or more) sides of a tale

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Where to start the authors’ rights balancing act?

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Remuneration and audiovisual works online

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Private copying – dark art or just fair remuneration

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We Need to Talk About the Audiovisual Sector