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Europe's audiovisual creativity in the spotlight
The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) brought together screenwriters, directors, collective management organisations and MEPs on Tuesday to show off Europe's audiovisual creativity and stimulate the debate on how the European Parliament can ensure the best conditions for its creators and the continued development of the audiovisual sector.
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One day in Strasbourg - SAA shows off Europe's audiovisual creativity
For the first edition of “One Day in Strasbourg”, The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA), the European association of audiovisual collective rights management organisations for screenwriters and directors, is putting the spotlight on Europe’s new boom in TV series on the 21st May. Creators, collective management organisations and MEPs will meet for informal discussions about the work of screenwriters and directors in creating a TV series over the course of the evening.
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SAA Publishes Royalty Distribution booklet
As part of its work on the collective rights management directive, SAA has published a short booklet looking at how collective rights management organisations work and the rules that apply in different European countries for royalty distributions.
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SAA publishes comments on Vitorino Private Copying Report
Recommendations risk undermining the private copying system as a whole by persistently favouring device manufacturers and importers while having devastating effects on weaker parties, such as audiovisual authors, and consumers.
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Filmmakers petition already 5,000-strong
So far, 5,000 directors, writers, technicians, producers, distributors, exhibitors across Europe have already expressed their concern about the cultural exception being called into question.
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European filmmakers continue mobilising after their meeting with Karel De Gucht, European Commissioner for Trade.
European filmmakers Stijn Coninx, Luc Dardenne, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Jaco Van Dormael, Jochen Greve, Michel Hazanavicius, Michael Roskam and Jan Theys met with European Commissioner for Trade, Karel De Gucht, on Monday 6th May in Brussels.
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Words are not enough - European cinema welcomes Commission support & calls for formal exclusion of audiovisual from negotiation mandate
Eurocinema, Europa Cinemas, EuropaDistribution, Europa International, FIAD, SAA and UNIC welcome Commissioner De Gucht’s commitment to maintaining Europe’s cultural diversity and call for him to guarantee this formally in the negotiating mandate.
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European cinema’s professional organisations support film-makers petition to preserve the European audiovisual sector
Eurocinema, Europa cinemas, EuropaDistribution, Europa International, FIAD, SAA and UNIC declare their support for a petition launched by European film-makers. The petition aims to exclude audiovisual and cinematographic services from the negotiation mandate of the European Commission for the trade negotiations between the USA and Europe.
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SAA speaks at European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee
Janine Lorente, the chair of the SAA board of directors presented SAA’s position on the collective rights management directive proposal on 18 March.
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SAA delegation meets Commissioner Barnier
A delegation of SAA members and patrons met Commissioner Barnier on 22nd February ...
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Rightholders’ statement on Mr Vitorino’s recommendations
The undersigned European organisations of authors, performers and producers have taken note of the recommendations presented by Mr Antonio Vitorino, which mark the conclusion of the mediation process on private copying levies initiated by the European Commission.
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A strong budget for Creative Europe
Ahead of the 7-8 February Special Summit on the EU’s Multi-Annual Financial Framework, the European Platform on the potential of Cultural and Creative Industries (‘The Platform’) - a group of more than 40 organisations representing a wide range of cultural and creative sectors – calls on EU Member States to adopt a strong budget for ‘Creative Europe’, the 2014-2020 programme for the cultural and creative sectors.
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