European screenwriters and directors call for right to fair remuneration online

Ahead of the deadline for amendments of 12th April in the lead committee of the European Parliament, audiovisual authors call for a concrete measure to turn the positive rhetoric on the need for authors to be fairly remunerated into reality.

European screenwriters and directors including Pedro Almodovar, Agnieszka Holland and Sir Alan Parker sent a letter to the Members of the Legal Affairs’ committee to support the introduction in the EC proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market of an amendment that would guarantee audiovisual authors proportionate remuneration wherever their works are exploited online across Europe.

The proposal for amendment introduces an unwaivable and inalienable right to remuneration, paid by video-on-demand services for the making available of audiovisual works, collectively negotiated and enforced.

The signatories are counting on their MEPs to make the Digital Single Market a sustainable environment for audiovisual creators, where they can finally share in the economic success of the exploitation of their works online.

List of signatories of the letter sent on 10th April 2017:

Pedro Almodóvar             Jochen Greve               Andrea Purgatori
Alejandro Amenabar       Agnieszka Holland        Diane Redmond
Christophe Andréi           Hrvoje Hribar                Michaël R. Roskam
Lucas Belvaux                Maciej Karpinski            Marie Roussin
Monica Boracco              Cédric Klapisch             Stefano Sardo
Iciar Bollain                     Daniele Luchetti            Maurizio Sciarra
John Boorman                Lars Lundström             Birgitte Stærmose
Francesco Bruni             Radu Mihaileanu           Hugh Stoddart
Peter Carpentier             Caroline Otto                 Charles Sturridge
Dan Clifton                      Sir Alan Parker              István Szabó
Stijn Coninx                    Sverre Pedersen            Robert Taylor
Klemen Dvornik              Adela Peeva              Felix Van Groeningen

 

FERA - Founded in 1980, the Federation of European Film Directors contains 39 directors’ associations from 29 countries. It speaks for approximately 20,000 European screen directors, representing their cultural, creative and economic interests both in Brussels and in the Member States. www.filmdirectors.eu @Film_directors
Press contact: Pauline Durand- Vialle, pdv@filmdirectors.eu - +32 491 52 49 04.

FSE - The Federation of Screenwriters Europe is a network of national and regional associations, guilds and unions of writers for the screen in Europe, created in June 2001. It comprises 25 members from 20 countries, representing more than 7,000 writers in Europe. www.scenaristes.com @ScreenwritersEU
Press contact: David Kavanagh, david.kavanagh@scenaristes.com - + 353 86 837 1203.

SAA - Founded in 2010, the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) is the association of European collective management organisations representing audiovisual authors. Its 31 members in 23 countries manage rights for over 120,000 film, television and multimedia European screenwriters and directors. www.saa-authors.eu @saabrussels
Press contact: Cécile Despringre, c.despringre@saa-authors.eu - +32 475 65 24 99.