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Copyright given red carpet treatment in Cannes
The Digital Single Market Strategy adopted by the Commission on 6 May was very much discussed during the first week-end of the Cannes Film Festival, one of the biggest gatherings of cinema professionals in the world.
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Digital Single Market – Fair remuneration a must
On 6th May the European Commission will announce its strategy for the Digital Single Market.
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Implement or copy-paste?
I am back from Vilnius again where the Mykolas Romeris University, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania organized a conference on the collective management of authors’ and neighbouring rights in Europe, focusing on the implementation of the 2014/26/EU Directive on Collective Rights Management.
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La Diversité de la Création en Danger
Nous sommes des auteurs. Nous sommes des consommateurs. Nous racontons des histoires qui construisent les récits de notre continent. Nous sommes ici pour contribuer à écrire l’avenir de l’Europe, un avenir radieux. Nous sommes des acteurs de cette histoire. Nous voulons qu’elle soit un classique et une source d’inspiration pour les générations futures. Nous sommes des Européens, surpris de nous retrouver au cœur de l’intrigue.
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What can Europe do for its screenwriters and directors?
A Europe without audiovisual works is impossible to imagine.
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Between a rock and a hard place
The recent report by Green Pirate MEP Julia Reda really hammers home how the polarisation of the authors’ rights/ copyright debate has made it difficult for creators to talk about the future of their industry. The latest blog post by Ms Reda asserts as much, too.
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Changing the perspective
The European Parliament now has 4 committees looking at the 2001 copyright Directive.
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Legislative time travel: 2001 a Copyright Odyssey
If you could go back, knowing what you know now, what would you change about the 2001 Copyright Directive? This seems to be the premise for Julia Reda’s evaluation draft report on the much maligned directive. But is this the right way to do it?
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2©15 – A year for authors’ rights?
A very happy new year from the SAA team to all our readers! So, what lies ahead in 2015 in terms of policy and court cases of interest to Europe’s screenwriters and directors?
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Saint Nick’s Creative Policy Puzzle
On the eve of Saint Nick’s visit to the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and the eastern and western reaches of France and Germany respectively, an old-fashioned game themed post.
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The Cross-border question – financing, exploiting & remunerating
Last year I wrote in the German press about the frustration of seeing unlicensed copies of my work freely available and easy to find on the internet and the absence of legal services delivering the full range of European films I would expect. I wanted to be provocative to strike the contrast between my expectations and the market delivery, but I also wanted to show that there are possible solutions. I suggested creating compulsory licences for European audiovisual works.
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Authors’ organisations open the European copyright ball
Authors’ organisations of the text (EWC), visual arts (EVA) and music (ECSA) sectors held conferences to address new MEPs last week.
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