Updates

• A victory for Europe’s creativity: GESAC welcomes European Council’s decision to exclude audiovisual sector from EU-US trade deal and urges creators to remain mobilised

  GESAC, the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers, welcomes the decision made by Europe’s trade ministers on Friday to exclude the audiovisual sector ... Published on 17 June 2013 - Read more

• Sign petition to exclude audiovisual and cultural services from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

  
  On June 14, Europe’s trade ministers will adopt a mandate for talks on the EU-US free trade agreement (often referred to in Brussels circles as ... Published on 10 June 2013 - Read more

• Press Release: The Amsterdam Initiative 16 small & medium-sized author societies explore cooperation

  In view of the upcoming Directive on Collective Rights Management, 16 European Collective Management Organisations expressed their wish to explore the possibility of creating a ... Published on 09 June 2013 - Read more

• CRM Directive - State of Play

  The four technical committees who were selected for consultation on the Collective Rights Management Directive have now drafted their opinions:   International trade   Industry, Research and Energy   Internal Market ... Published on 08 June 2013 - Read more

• Private copying: as important today as it has always been

  Just like the rest of us, creators deserve to be fairly paid for the work they do. By and large, music fans do appreciate this ... Published on 06 June 2013 - Read more

• Video: what does SABAM do?

  Check out this video, in French, that SABAM have put together to explain their work:          Published on 06 June 2013 - Read more

• This week: World Creators Summit in Washington, DC

  On June 4 & 5, 700 of the world’s leading creative stakeholders, including authors, industry figures and regulators will gather together in the US’ political ... Published on 03 June 2013 - Read more

• Global Repertoire Database announces location plans

  The Global Repertoire Database (GRD) – the project that will catalogue the world’s music – has announced that it will set up its global headquarters ... Published on 28 May 2013 - Read more

• GEMA: Financial performance in 2012

  GEMA finished the 2012 business year with a satisfactory result. The sum of the returns for copyright holders from all over the world was €820.2 ... Published on 27 May 2013 - Read more

• Why the EU-US trade agreement must preclude cultural and audiovisual sectors

  
  Today in the European Parliament in Strasbourg the EU-US free trade agreement (TTIP for short) has again been on the table for discussion and we ... Published on 23 May 2013 - Read more