A brochure presenting the SAA and CMOs, aggregated collections and facts and figures on the audiovisual market. The brochure is accompanied by topic-specific cards with a brief background, some facts, and how Members of the European Parliament can help.

On 6-9 June, EU citizens will have their say about the composition of the new European Parliament and consequently on the future of the Union. But both the EU and the cultural and creative sectors are facing a few challenges.

Members of the SAA and its Patrons are sending a message to their fellow citizens to stand up for a democratic Europe and its cultural diversity by voting in the European elections on 6-9 June 2024.

We welcome the approval of the EU AI Act by the European Parliament, and we thank Members of the European Parliament for the essential role they have played in supporting creators and rightsholders throughout the legislative process.

The SAA's expert seminar on 30 January brought together policymakers, academics, authors and CMOs’ representatives, who discussed the impact of generative AI on audiovisual authors’ work and rights in Europe.

The political compromise reached between the EU Parliament, Council and Commission on the EU AI Act on 8 December is now being finetuned at technical level. The SAA welcomes the agreed upon transparency obligations of general-purpose AI models’ providers operating in the EU market. The technical discussions must now consolidate the political agreement, without weakening its scope, and make transparency a reality.

700 organisations from the film, cinema, and audiovisual sector in Europe jointly urge the European Parliament to cast a vote in favour of culture on 13 December 2023 by opposing the call for future inclusion of audiovisual services in the scope of the EU Geo-blocking Regulation. Rejecting the call for future inclusion of audiovisual services is a vote in favour of preserving Europe’s cultural and linguistic diversity.

Today the EU Parliament passed a resolution addressing the urgent need for an EU framework aimed at improving the social and professional situation of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors and calling on the Member States that have not yet introduced a specific status for artists to do so. The SAA welcomes the Parliament’s call to improve the situation for professionals within the cultural and creative sectors, in particular authors’ fair remuneration and recognition of their authorsh

As the EU Council, Parliament and Commission third trilogue negotiations’ meeting will take place next week, the SAA strongly calls on the negotiators to build on the EU Parliament’s proposals to impose transparency obligations on the providers of foundation models and to establish clear rules that protect and promote the continued development of human creativity and original works.

On the occasion of the adoption of the European Parliament report on the Artificial Intelligence Act, the SAA issues a statement to welcome the report that partly addresses generative AI, while challenges for creators remain.

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

On 9 May, the European Parliament adopted its report on the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Directive. We, organisations representing European audiovisual screenwriters, directors, composers, producers, distributors and sales agents, take this opportunity to insist on the importance of the AVMS Directive as the cornerstone of cultural regulations fostering European audiovisual creation, production and distribution.