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AI and copyright: is a licensing market just a question of time?

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Receiving royalties should be a given, not a question.

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Open letter: Creators and rightholders organisations call for a meaningful implementation of the AI Act

Foster Equality, Diversity and Fairness in the Audiovisual Sector

The AVMS Directive: Landmark Legislation

Advancing audiovisual authors' rights in Europe (brochure)

Authors' Rights: Fix Streaming Loopholes and Champion Statutory Rights to Remuneration

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Press release: Transparency obligations are essential elements of the AI Act

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Press release: EU legislators: strengthen the transparency obligations of the AI Act

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Statement: the EU Parliament adopts AI Act report, challenges for creators remain

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Open letter: Audiovisual and cultural organisations voice concerns over the European Media Freedom Act

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Position: Media freedom and pluralism must equal, not undermine audiovisual policies and cultural diversity

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EU proposal for a European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)

SAA position: Media freedom and pluralism must equal, not undermine audiovisual policies and cultural diversity

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Joint press release: The European audiovisual sector welcomes the European Parliament's report on the AVMS Directive

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Better late and effective than early and toothless

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Scooping the scope of the SatCab II Directive

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Audiovisual authors’ rights in Europe and Latin America

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Open letter: Extend the Polish model of statutory remuneration for audiovisual authors to on-demand usages

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Takeaways from SAA’s expert seminar: ECL helps audiovisual authors, state Nordic copyright experts

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SAA contribution to the UNESCO consultation on the Status of the Artist

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Expert Seminar on Extended Collective Licensing

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Contribution to the EU Parliament’s implementation report on the Audiovisual Media Services Directive

The SAA’s 4 ways to improve the AVMS Directive

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Position: 4 ways to improve the AVMS Directive

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Press release: Congratulations to Slovenia for adopting new law for authors’ rights

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Follow Belgium and implement authors’ rights!

Audiovisual authors and the collective management of their rights in Europe (brochure)

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National cases studies

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Authors' letter to President Macron

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Presentation: Remuneration mechanisms for audiovisual authors in the EU

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Joint press release: Lights and action on authors' royalties

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Lights and action on authors' royalties

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Meet our member: AIPA in Slovenia

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Press release: Be bold and implement Article 18 with a statutory right to remuneration, advise legal experts Member States

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Expert Seminar on the Copyright directive, Article 18

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The opportunity with a delayed copyright transposition

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Digital Services Act

SAA feedback regarding the EC Digital Services Act proposal

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Implementing Article 18 for audiovisual authors

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The new Copyright legislation: Making the most for next generation authors

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Joint statement: US and Asian consumer device manufacturers are targeting the Visegrad4 countries to avoid private copying compensation

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Member States fail to meet the Audiovisual Media Services Directive deadline

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SAA's submission to the Copyright Directive's Article 17 consultation

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EU Commission Consultation on Article 17 of the DSM Directive

The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market

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EU Commission Consultation on the Digital Services Act Package

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Filmmakers suffer, but COVID-19 is not the only cause

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Letter to EU Ministers: Implement the Copyright Directive to fit modern day consumption of audiovisual works

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Press release: One year after the EU Copyright Directive

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SAA response to the European Commission's consultation on the AVMS Directive

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EU Commission Consultation on the AVMS Directive Revision

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Press release: FERA and SAA support Croatian Audiovisual Authors resisting censorship

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Figures don’t lie, filmmakers’ rights need to be strengthened

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Meet our member: SSA in Switzerland

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Interview with SAA's Director: The film industry and the online market

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Press release: Collective Management Organisations put the Copyright Directive’s words into action

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Press release: A new EU Copyright law – a long-fought battle won

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The 5th EU Audiovisual Authors’ Workshop in Ljubljana

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2018 in three words: The Copyright Directive

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Joint statement on the Copyright Directive

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Joint press release: Copyright Directive negotiators recognise European filmmakers’ right to benefit from the success of their works

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Joint statement: Time to improve and adopt the Copyright Directive

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Joint statement: The EU urgently needs remuneration rules for authors and performers

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Broadcasting and retransmissions – from a bad proposal to a hopeful directive

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International Documentary Festival in Biarritz, France

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Op-ed: An EU Copyright law for the 21st century film and TV industry

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Joint Call of European creators and Producers to the negotiators of the Broadcasting legislation

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Lux film prize finalists’ open letter 

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Joint press release: LUX Film Prize finalists’ plea to EU decision makers: audiovisual creators should be linked to the life of their works

Fair and proportionate remuneration

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21,000 petition signatories in support of Europe’s screenwriters and directors handed over to EU Commissioner Gabriel

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​​​​​​​How to make European films visible and accessible online?

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Open letter to EU Ministers: What the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market could bring to audiovisual authors

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Transparency: in EU institutions and copyright

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The new Copyright Directive: a thriller with a happy ending - 1st season

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Joint press release: The European Parliament confirms its support for authors’ rights in the Digital Single Market

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Venice Declaration

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Press release: 165 European screenwriters and directors call on the European Parliament to adopt the Copyright Directive

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Joint statement: The EU Copyright Directive - a crucial vote to support European creators

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Copyright 0-1: defending rights versus opposing obligations

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Joint message: the European Parliament needs more time to reach a position on copyright reform

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Press release: The European Parliament delays the adoption of the Copyright Directive

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Flourishing industries profit from struggling authors?

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Joint message: Uphold the mandate on Copyright in plenary vote to support creation in Europe

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Joint press release: The European Parliament’s report on the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market: a first good step for audiovisual authors

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Getting closer to the finishing line?

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Open letter from performers and audiovisual authors

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Performers and audiovisual authors plea to the European Parliament

International Legal Study

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Event with authors and performers on fair remuneration in the European Parliament

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Joint press release: Performers and audiovisual authors unite calling for unwaivable remuneration right for on-demand exploitation in the Copyright Directive

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Authors’ right to remuneration is universal

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Joint press release: Audiovisual organisations unveil new international legal study supporting fair remuneration for audiovisual authors

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Manifesto: For an online directory of European films

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The 4th EU Audiovisual Authors’ Workshop in Ljubljana

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The 4th edition of 'One Day in Strasbourg'

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Lunch-briefing in the European Parliament on fair remuneration

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Lunch-briefing in the European Parliament on TV programme retransmission and direct injection

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Breakfast-briefing in the European Parliament: Copyright in the DSM

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Press release: SAA welcomes the reformed Audiovisual Media Services Directive: promoting and investing in European audiovisual works

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Fair working conditions for the next generation of screenwriters and directors

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Testimonies

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2017: SAA’s key achievements in 2 minutes

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Where are the female directors and screenwriters?

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Online copyright: will the EU be a global front-runner or a bystander?

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Copyright, a new world to me

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A screenwriter’s life

Audiovisual Authors' Remuneration - 12 Myths

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It is time to act: support fair remuneration for audiovisual authors online

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Petition (closed)

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Will 2018 be a Happy New Year for Audiovisual Authors?

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Cabsat Regulation: a good step for the financing of creation; trilogue must now address issue of direct injection

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Screenwriters and Directors demand fair payment for online use of their work

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Broadcasting Regulation: When is retransmission retransmission?

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Expert Survey Shows Direct Injection as the Principal Form of Broadcasting in Europe

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SAA welcomes reintroduction of private copying levies in Spain

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European Copyright: Parliament committees vote for an unwaivable right to fair remuneration for audiovisual authors

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Canal+ and EU Copyright – collective action necessary

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Freedom of contract: fact and fiction

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Is the fear of double pay making MEPs scared of ‘fair’ remuneration?

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European Parliament committee declines to support audiovisual authors in copyright vote

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The complexity of "fair"

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European screenwriters and directors call for right to fair remuneration online

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European Parliament Culture committee shows the way on audiovisual authors’ remuneration

Audiovisual Authors' Remuneration Flyer

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Fair Remuneration for Screenwriters & Directors

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The 3rd EU Audiovisual Authors' Workshop in Ljubljana

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SAA positions on Copyright Directive & Broadcasting Regulation

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Broadcasting Regulation

SAA's position on the EC's proposal for a Regulation on broadcasting

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Copyright Directive

SAA's position on the EC's proposal for a Directive on Copyright

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Screenwriters and directors call on European Parliament to put authors at heart of copyright reform

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The 3rd edition of "One Day in Strasbourg"

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*NEW* video on audiovisual authors’ remuneration

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Who are Europe’s audiovisual authors ?

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SAA welcomes European Parliament moves to promote European film and TV

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AVMS Directive Revision

SAA's position on the Commission's proposal and the European Parliament's draft CULT report

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Copyright package: Progress undermined by failure to strengthen rights of authors

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Audiovisual Authors’ Remuneration – from remuneration to transparency?

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Leaks, Copyright and Remuneration

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Look! a Netflix tax!

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Portability – A question of time

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Portability Regulation

SAA position on the EC's cross-border portability Regulation proposal

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AVMS – Improving the promotion of European works online

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Fair remuneration for creators – turning words into actions

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SAA Conference - Putting authors at the heart of the creative economy

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Between a rock and a hard place

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Changing the perspective

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Legislative time travel: 2001 a Copyright Odyssey

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Audiovisual authors’ collective management organisations welcome Trilogue Directive agreement

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SAA Publishes Royalty Distribution booklet

Royalty Distribution Rules and Practices

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SAA speaks at European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee

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SAA publishes comments on EC Collective Rights Management proposal

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EC Directive Shape Games

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SAA Conference - Audiovisual authors online - seizing the digital revolution

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SAA recommends amendments to orphan works Directive proposal text