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SAA ready to help make Digital Single Market work for audiovisual authors
Broad European Commission Digital Single Market Strategy leaves room for positive action for Europe’s screenwriters and directors with authors’ remuneration and promotion of European works among multiple issues to be developed in coming years.
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SAA welcomes 3 new patrons
British screenwriters Paul Powell and Di Redmond and French director Julie Bertuccelli join SAA board of patrons.
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European screenwriters and directors call for a digital fair deal
The Society of Audiovisual Authors, publishes the 2nd edition of its White Paper on Audiovisual Authors Rights and Remuneration in Europe. The paper underlines the explosion of different forms of exploitation of audiovisual works, demonstrates the opportunities of the digital economy and how SAA’s members can help ensure Europe’s screenwriters and directors get a fair share.
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German creators meet Commissioner Oettinger at Berlinale
“The European cultural economy can’t exist without creators” says Commissioner as he hears German creators’ views on future European authors’ rights reform.
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Switzerland - Agreement reached on blank media levy for smartphones
The agreement ensures authors are compensated for copies of their works on smartphones while allowing consumers to use them on their mobiles and establishing legal certainty for device manufacturers and telecommunications service providers.
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European cinema in the digital era
Bogdan Wenta MEP’s draft report discussed in the European Parliament Culture committee.
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Screenwriters & directors look to European Parliament to put authors back at the heart of culture and copyright/authors’ rights
Authors come to Strasbourg today as copyright reform is to be confirmed on the Commission Work Programme and the European Parliament gives its LUX Prize for European Cinema tomorrow.
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Cultural and creative industries in the EU show a way out of the economic crisis
A new study published by EY (formerly Ernst & Young) and presented today to Commissioner Oettinger, Commissioner Navracsics and Vice-President Ansip shows that cultural and creative industries are among the EU’s biggest employers and have experienced sustained growth even through recession.
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UK creators – no private copying exception without compensation
The UK’s recently implemented exception for private copying has been submitted for judicial review by a group of creators’ organisations. They contest that the UK exception is not in line with the European Copyright Directive.
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European TV big winners at International Emmys
Programmes from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK all pick up awards including best comedy, best drama, best TV movie/mini-series and best documentary.
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Cross-border exploitation needs cross-border remuneration
German screenwriter and SAA patron, Fred Breinersdorfer, to speak at European Voice Copyright 2015 conference and underline the need for authors interests to also be part of the discussions on copyright reform and cross-border access.
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3 LUX Prize finalists touring Europe
The 3 finalists of the European Parliament’s LUX Prize are touring Europe. They’ll be in Brussels on 2nd and 3rd December ahead of the 17th December announcement of the winning film.
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