Collecting Societies for European Visual Artists

EVA, together with 23 other creators and rightholders organisations across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors, call for the effective implementation of the AI Act to: 📝 Foster a sustainable licensing market 🤖 Promote responsible AI innovation 🧑🎨 Empower authors to protect their rights 💰Secure fair compensation for the use of their works in AI model training ⚖️Making the AI industry accountable for violation of EU copyright laws Together we stand for a flourishing cultural and creative sector across Europe, fueling economic growth and enhancing competitiveness. Read our letter to EU policymakers ➡️https://bit.ly/4foswW7

Happy International Artists Day 🧑🎨 💫   Today we celebrate the amazing creativity and talent of human artists – our superheroes!   Human artists inspire us, bring hope, express what words cannot convey and provoke thoughtful reflection on the world around us 🌍✨   Today and every day, we stand up for proper recognition of their work and fair remuneration to keep on inspiring us.   #PayArtists   ©️Drawing by Laetitia Nguala Masamba

📢 New German ruling on Copyright & Drone Footage 🚁📸 The German Federal Court of Justice Bundesgerichtshof has settled a dispute between VG Bild-Kunst and Funke Mediengruppe, ruling that drone photos of copyrighted works in public spaces do not fall under the panorama exception and a commercial user therefore needs the authors’ consent. Drone shots don’t qualify for panorama exception because they don’t have the same perspective public sees at ground level. Read VG Bild-Kunst press release ➡️ https://bit.ly/3Ui4y72

🚨The CISAC Global Collections Report 2024 is out! A few highlights: 💰Global royalty collections hit a new record in 2023, rising to €13.1 billion 📈Despite a weaker art market, the visual arts sector continues to thrive. Collections are still more than 25% higher than pre-pandemic levels of 2019 Key income sources for visual artists: 🖨️Reprography 🖼️ Resale Right (up 4.9%, with the UK leading the way) Check the report ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dKu2wJqM

📢📜“The unlicensed use of creative works for training generative AI is a major, unjust threat to the livelihoods of the people behind those works, and must not be permitted.” EVA strongly supports this statement signed by over 6,500 creators from various repertoires around the world, calling for an end to the #unlicensed use of artworks by genAI🎨🤖✋ Together, we are stronger. Add your name to the list of signatories ✍️⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dREw7M_N #PayArtists

📝Yesterday, Culture Action Europe released the "State of Culture 2024" report, highlighting the role and potential of culture in our rapidly evolving society. The report raises key questions about the instrumentalisation of culture, and its connection with global crises 🌍, the value of human creativity, new technologies 🤖, artistic freedom, democracy, and climate change 🌱 🎨 How can we prove that culture is vital and deserves attention and support in a world of constant change? A big thank you 🙏to Elena Polivtseva and Culture Action Europe for publishing this insightful report and for including EVA in the conversation. 📖Read the full report here ⬇️

📢Great news from France 🎉 Artists represented by ADAGP will finally receive fair compensation for the use of their works on Meta's platforms, thanks to a landmark agreement granting META a license to allow users to share the artworks while respecting artists' intellectual property rights 👩🎨 ©️🛡️This is a crucial and necessary step in defending copyright in the digital age. 📄 Read the full press release here ⬇️ #PayArtists

Today, EVA attended the conference "Rebooting the Debate: Generative AI and Creative Work," organized by FES Future of Work with the support of UNI Europa. The two panels focused on various aspects of generative AI, addressing issues such as authors' precarious working conditions, the AI Act and the DSM Directive, and the future of creativity in Europe. The lively discussion featured contributions from MEPs #BrandoBenifei, #AlexandraGeese, and #AlexSaliba; frédéric young from Scam.be; Ellen Stutzman from the Writers Guild of America; Johannes Studinger from UNI Europa; artist and independent researcher Portrait XO; Teresa Nobre from Communia; and Matthias Hornschuh from #InitiativeUrheberrecht (Authors' Rights Initiative). To safeguard and fairly compensate #authors, we must: 🧰Adapt existing tools to emerging technologies 🧑🎨Ensure all authors can effectively enforce their rights 👥Maintain a human-centered approach when dealing with AI Watch the conference ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eNsR4sis

EVA Secretary General Carola Streul is in Budapest attending the conference "Intellectual Property in the Age of Artificial Intelligence" organised by Hungarian Intellectual Property Office and the Hungarian Presidency of of the Council of the EU, exploring the impact of #genAI on #copyright. Exciting exchanges are expected 💭 #HU24EU #HIPO #AI

📢European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced the candidates for the College of Commissioners for the next mandate, and Maltese candidate Glenn Micallef has been assigned the portfolio for “Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture, and Sport” 🎨 📜The mission letter sent by the President emphasises the cultural and creative industries as the “EU’s most dynamic and competitive industries,” and urges to focus on improving the working conditions of artists and cultural professionals, as well as developing a strategy for cultural and creative industries. We are looking forward to the upcoming hearings in the European Parliament to see if the Commissioners-designate will be confirmed🏛️ Read the mission letter ➡️https://bit.ly/47umNLO