European screenwriters and directors call for right to fair remuneration online
11 April 2017
News
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
