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How many VPN users are there?
Last week (31st August), the European Commission published a Eurobarometer survey on “Cross-border access to online content”.
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Austria, Netherlands and Portugal all update copyright laws
It’s not just the European Commission working on a revision of copyright legislation.
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Bertrand Tavernier writes to EC Vice President Ansip
Following a meeting between European Commission Vice President, Andrus Ansip, and SAA patrons Bertrand Tavernier, Roger Michell and Hugh Stoddart (see here) on 22nd June, SAA patron Bertrand Tavernier wrote to the Vice President to follow up on some important issues discussed at the meeting, such as film authors’ rights, territoriality and distribution, film heritage. You can read his letter below as well as additional comments from German screenwriter and SAA patron, Jochen Greve, and Franco-swiss director, screenwriter and Europa Distribution president of honour, Ursula Meier, Romanian director and screenwriter, Cristian Mungiu and German director and screenwriter, Volker Schlöndorff.
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Copyright experts discuss solutions to guarantee authors’ fair remuneration
You can now read this post auf Deutsch hier.The International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI), a well-known gathering of copyright law experts founded by Victor Hugo in 1878, held its annual international congress in Bonn on 18-19 June 2015. The theme was ‘remuneration for the use of works: exclusivity v other approaches’.
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Political pick n mix before the copyright show
As a kid, one my treats was to get a pick n mix bag of sweets before going to watch a film. I’d have to share choices with my sister and friends who’d throw in a couple I didn’t like, but it was all part of the excitement of going to the cinema.
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Fair remuneration for creators – turning words into actions
Andrus Ansip: “We need to ensure a fair remuneration of all those involved in the creative sector.”Günther Oettinger:Since copyright was made a priority right at the beginning of the new European Commission mandate, we have heard about the importance of fair remuneration to creators.
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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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