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Fair remuneration is not a tax
If there is one thing we know about Big Tech, they don’t like paying tax.
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The never-ending private copying saga
Previously, two Commissioners have had a stab at resolving the hoo ha around private copying levies and failed. This new Commission seemed to have recognised that this was one issue where entrenched, opposing industry positions and overly differing viewpoints between the Member States made progress an unlikely result for a Commission focused on being big on big things and small on small things.
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Platforms - Mutton dressed as lamb?
There’s something about online platforms that seems to be causing problems with the development of the online market.
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Satellite and cable: inspiration for online?
Just before Christmas the European Commission published preliminary statistics on the responses to the Satellite and Cable Directive (or SatCab as it is affectionately known).
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The long-awaited Commission copyright action plan
Since my previous post on the leaked version of the Commission communication, not much has changed in the final version of the communication on a modern, more European copyright framework adopted on 9 December 2015.
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5 years of SAA
SAA was created 5 years ago to represent the interests of collective management organisations (or CMOs) for audiovisual authors. When we say audiovisual authors we specifically mean screenwriters and directors of film, TV and multimedia programmes.
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Copyright love-me-nots, a year of the Juncker Commission
Since the beginning of this new Commission a year ago, copyright has been a contentious issue.
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AVMS – Improving the promotion of European works online
One consultation down, just a couple more to go.
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Commission study calls for action on authors’ remuneration
Far be it from us to think the European Commission doesn’t want anyone to read its study on the remuneration of authors and performers in the audiovisual and music sectors, but we’re a bit concerned some of you may have missed that late Friday afternoon publication towards the end of July. As an organisation that has been highlighting the poor situation of screenwriters and directors, this is a study we have been eagerly awaiting. So, what does it say? The study finds clear problems that prevent authors from enjoying the full benefit of the exclusive rights conferred upon them by numerous European Directives.
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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.