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Secretary General's November Digest, 2023
After a busy (and very rainy) November, I am happy to be writing to you with good news from the international stage and Bulgaria - showing that persistent advocacy and close collaboration with partner organisations are keys to success!
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Secretary General's October Digest, 2023
In the month of October, I first travelled north from Brussels to Finland, and later to a less cold Serbia. Now, I am writing to you from France, where I am stopping for a few days rest before I am continuing my travels in early November to Switzerland, Bulgaria and Austria. Let me share a few words about my journeys.
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Secretary General's September Digest, 2023
In September, we enjoyed Brussels 'Indian summer'. We welcomed the EU Parliament's clarification on EMFA Article 20, we published the SAA position on AI, discussed the Status of Artist with members, met with our Board of Directors and more.
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Meet our member: SGAE in Spain
Spain is one of the countries with the largest number of UNESCO world heritage sites, highest life expectancy and most widely spoken language. It is also one of the countries with the oldest collective management organisation, created more than 100 years ago. I met with Cristina Perpiñá-Robert who recently returned to SGAE as General Manager. We talked about SGAE’s work and expectations on the Spanish EU Presidency.
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Can AI replace screenwriters?
It has become impossible to ignore the elephant (or robot) in the room. Over the last few years, the technology surrounding Artificial Intelligence has experienced exponential growth. The development of large language models, such as Chat GPT, which was introduced in late 2022, has since triggered a wave of transformation across numerous industries, not least within the audiovisual sector.
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Secretary General’s July Digest, 2023
After the summer, the SAA will take on where it left of before the summer break. We will continue our work following the development in the EU Parliament with the Artists’ Status, European Media Freedom Act, Artificial Intelligence and the European elections 2024. Read Cécile Despringre digest of SAA’s activities during the month of July.
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Artists’ legal status is not a privilege, it is fairness.
Authors and other creative professionals are the key actors in the creative value chains and deserve to be treated fairly. Their rights should be recognised and their contribution to society and the economy valued, writes EU Member States’ expert group in its recent report on the status of the artists. Their proposal, a legal status for artists and creative professionals is not a privilege nor an honorary title, it is a way to reduce social and economic disadvantages.
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Secretary General's June Digest, 2023
In June, we proudly expanded our Board of SAA Patrons with 3 new Patrons. Our key activities have been our networking lunch with MEPs that we organised on the occasion of the LUX Audience Award, issuing a statement and inviting authors' perspectives on AI, and joining forces with on the European Media Freedom Act.
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Secretary General's May Digest, 2023
Among our many activities in May, we welcomed new Patrons, attended meetings and networked during the Cannes Film Festival and we shared updates about the implementation of SatCab II and the Copyright Directives.
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Better late and effective than early and toothless
The adoption of the EU Directive 2019/790 on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (The Directive) was a great victory for authors after three years of intense negotiations and strong opposition from content sharing platforms like YouTube.
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Scooping the scope of the SatCab II Directive
The ‘SatCab II’ Directive (EU) 2019/789, on copyright and related rights applicable to certain online transmissions of broadcasting organisations and retransmissions of television and radio programmes expanded the scope of the first Directive 93/83/EEC. It regulated retransmissions by other means than cable, direct injection and domestic retransmissions. What is the outcome of the implementation in the 24 Member States that have transposed the Directive so far?
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Secretary General's April Digest, 2023
In April we greeted 4 new SAA Patrons, participated in the European Parliament’s consultations on the implementation report of the Creative Europe programme and the EU framework on artists’ status, as well as its draft report on the European Media Freedom Act. I went to Prague for the European committee of CISAC, and we continued supporting our members with legal advice and EU level data for their national advocacy for authors’ rights.
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