Society of Audiovisual Authors

🤝 Creators and rightholders organisations across the EU join forces to call for a meaningful implementation of the #AIAct   ⚠️ The cultural and creative industries face serious challenges as generative AI companies use our content without authorisation to develop AI models.     🔊 We support the standards set in the AI Act that should enable the cultural and creative industries to evolve and thrive; We now ask for continued support in translating them into concrete steps in the forthcoming implementation phase.     🔊 It’s crucial for protecting Europe’s creative legacy and ensuring AI innovation thrives on high-quality, diverse, and trustworthy content 🎶 🎬 🎭 📖 🎨 

📣 7 European and international organisations of authors and performers’ collective management organisations call on Eduskunta | Riksdagen | Parliament of Finland to reverse the cut in #PrivateCopying compensation. Read our statement: https://lnkd.in/eGEQbZAv ⚠️ The Finnish government’s decision to halve the level of private copying compensation paid from the state budget - from €11m to €5,5m - cannot be justified. On the contrary, a recent study shows that the actual damage caused by private copying in Finland is €46m per year. We welcome the recent appointment by the Finnish government of a special rapporteur to examine the potential alternative mechanisms for the future private copying compensation, the level of compensation, and the way in which it is distributed and allocated to the rightholders. ⚠️ This severe cut would seriously harm authors, performers and the Finnish cultural sector. We therefore call on the Finnish Members of Parliament to: 1️⃣ Ensure that the level of private copying revenue is maintained at least at a minimum of €11m during the interim period - before the special rapporteur’s work is finished and the new system is up and running in practice.  2️⃣ Swiftly update the private copying system to meet the standards set by the EU legislation and CJEU, and to accurately reflect the extent of copies being made and their evolving use, particularly in the digital environment, to ensure a sustainable and fair level of compensation for Finnish authors and performers. ✍️ Signed by:  AEPO-ARTIS, BIEM - Bureau International des Sociétés gérant les droits d'enregistrement et de reproduction mécanique, CISAC, Collecting Societies for European Visual Artists , GESAC - authorsocieties.eu, IFRRO and the SAA. --- (Kopiosto I #WeLoveAuthors)

Read the CISAC Global 🎶 🎬 🎭 📖 🎨 Collection Report, 2024    Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/48rwWJK ✨ Highlights:  📈 Royalty income from the AV repertoire (globally) grew by +8.3% (+5.5% in Europe) to reach €700m in 2023. Collections have solidly recovered post-pandemic & are now +15.9% above their 2019 level. AV collections are severely limited by the small number of countries.  🎶 Music remains the largest repertoire.   📉 Broadcast collections fell by -4.0% in 2023. TV and radio income was +0.7% ahead of 2019. Societies report a continued gentle plateau in collections for traditional radio and TV income. Royalties are most affected by the fall in viewer numbers and TV advertising income.  ⏩ Despite continued increases (across repertoires), societies in Europe continue to highlight the disconnect between the picture of overall digital growth and the negligible returns from streaming royalties for the vast majority of their member creators. 

Ahead of the hearings, the European Parliament put a series of questions to the Commissioners-designate. Here are some highlights of their answers, read through our audiovisual authors' rights lens 🧐 👩🏼 Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, commits to: 🔹 Defend European content #creation. 🔹 Enhance the level playing field... and cultural diversity of the European #audiovisual sector. 🔹 Improve the EU #copyright framework to address new challenges raised by market and technology developments. Supporting the development of a well-functioning market for #licensing copyright-protected works for AI purposes (...) is essential for ensuring appropriate #remuneration for creators and creative industries. 👨🏻🦱 Stéphane Séjourné, Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy  🔹 Believe we should strike a balance between promoting and facilitating innovation, while ensuring the protection of #rightsholders. 👨🏻🦱 Glenn Micallef, Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, commits to: 🔹 Work on a strategy for the cultural and creative sectors and industries, with the aim of ensuring that AI enables and reinforces human #creativity rather than replace humans 🔹 Develop a new Culture #Compass for the EU as a comprehensive strategic framework to guide and harness the multiple dimensions of culture. 🔹 Organise a High-level Round Table (about the working #conditions of artists and workers in the cultural and creative sectors) ...to chart the way forward on this matter together.  👨🏼🦱 Michael McGrath, Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, and the Rule of Law, commits to: 🔹 Ensure the swift and correct implementation of the European Media Freedom Act #EMFA (...) ensure the coherent implementation of the Audiovisual and Media Services Directive #AVMSD. Read the detailed questions and answers here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ec7AUSuR

Delighted to announce the publication of our NEW FREE REPORT on the use of Artificial Intelligence in the cinema, television and streaming industries. Download it here ▶️ https://go.coe.int/fgJDW We're looking at the major concerns for the European audiovisual industry: potential job losses, data protection concerns, copyright and personality rights issues, and disinformation to mention but a few. What is European legislation doing to limit these dangers? A fascinating must-read about the implications of #AI. #Artificialintelligence.

#Netflix brings a lawsuit to the Belgian Constitutional Court. Scam.be writes about it on its website: 🔹Netflix in Belgium is challenging the EU's Audiovisual Media Services Directive (#AVMSD), which requires financial contributions from audiovisual media service providers and platforms, to support the independent production of films and audiovisual works. 🔹Netflix's complaint attacks the audiovisual funding system set up by the European directive. A system that promotes the development of independent European production and cultural diversity policies in the audiovisual sector. 🔹The European Audiovisual Observatory | Observatoire européen de l'audiovisuel's report shows that 35% of investment in the audiovisual sector is invested in the UK and 18% in Spain. In Belgium, this percentage drops to 2%.  🔹Netflix's appeal is part of a strategy by globalised operators to reduce regulatory policies in Europe. Small member states like Belgium are among the first targets. ➡️ About the case: https://lnkd.in/ei73gZJU (original in FR) ➡️ Historical background: https://lnkd.in/eeKaDNCR (original in FR)

⚡ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭! This time, no LinkedIn summary from me - you really should read the report 🙂. Just one message 👇 ⭕ It’s about a vicious circle that emerged quite clearly for me during the research process: 🔄 Europe is grappling with the rise of right-wing movements, social polarisation, and a degradation of democracy. The risks are serious, the stakes are high. Yet, the future is still predominantly designed in economic terms (think of 400 pages of the Draghi Report). Culture remains sidelined, seen as a 'weak' and 'less relevant' portfolio. It is not part of the SDGs, the Green Deal, or the Democracy Action Plan. 🔄 Meanwhile, cultural policymaking has been working hard to justify its existence by aligning with external causes - whether in economics, diplomacy, or well-being. The cultural sector has also adopted this instumentalising approach for survival. As a result, 'intrinsic value' has become a complacent, hollow concept. 🔄 We continue to advocate for culture by focusing on 'spillovers' and external impacts, but in doing so, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤: 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞. 🔄 Meanwhile, instrumentalising culture hasn't solved the sector's problems. It remains increasingly precarious, and investment in culture has declined over the past decade - despite the data, evidence, and the beautiful frameworks we were developing to measure its impact. '𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐭, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐲' (citing Justin O'Connor) 🔄 At the same time, societies are becoming more polarised and individualised, and Europe is facing a democratic decline (here we go, the vicious circle... 🔝). ❓ If not culture, what other force can bring us together and advance the centuries-long conversation about who we are as a society? 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞, 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬? For more, read the report : https://lnkd.in/eX6nUkm7 I would like to thank the team of Culture Action Europe, in particular Lars Ebert, Natalie Giorgadze and Luiza Moroz for our collaboration on this important project!

EURO-MEI and EWA Network are delighted to share with you the three publications that present the key conclusions and recommendations of our joint project on closing the #genderpaygap in the European audiovisual industry. WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THE GENDERE PAY GAP TODAY? start downloading the reports and recommendations and *print the poster* for your office.

The Media, Entertainment, and Arts sector of UNI Europa and EWA - European Women's Audiovisual Network are releasing today resources promoting actions to close the gender pay gap in the European audiovisual industry. The gender pay gap has long-term detrimental effects on women’s lives and on their careers. Gender equality strategies and policies need to systematically integrate actions to address and correct the gender pay gap. Meaningful progress will require joint efforts across the audiovisual industry. Let's not lose anymore time! Let's take action today to close the gender pay gap ! The three publications - 'A call for Action', 'We All need to change', and 'Don’t fear gender pay gap reporting' - are avaible in EN, FR and ES. They can be dowloaded here: https://lnkd.in/eTsbhcTw 

#CAElibrary #LatestNews 🎉State of Culture has been launched and is waiting for you on our website! The report offers insights into how the cultural sector can adapt to today’s changing social and political landscape. It highlights the role of arts in society, explores its potential to foster resilience and transformation, and provides fresh ideas for advocacy and policy, renewing cultural discourse and highlighting key messages for both the sector and the decision-makers. 🙌 Culture Action Europe would like to thank Elena Polivtseva for proposing such a bold approach and for its thorough implementation! 🔎Read the report here: https://ow.ly/S3kA50TMz3p 🎥Rewatch the launch here: https://ow.ly/Ws9T50TMz3m 🧐Curious about what comes next? Starting this November, we will be launching a series of webinars over the next seven months. These sessions will dive deeper into the key topics raised in the State of Culture report, providing a space for dialogue, reflection, and exchange.  📌More information can be found here: https://ow.ly/bVVE50TMz3w