Anders Lassen elected President of GESAC
Today GESAC held the first General Meeting of 2018, where Board elections were held. The results of the election of the GESAC Board for the two coming years are as follows:
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CISAC to start online course on copyright
CISAC, GESAC’s sister organisation representing creators globally, will start a trilingual global online course on copyright history on 14th May, together with FutureLearn. “Exploring Copyright” will last for four weeks and provides certification upon completion of the course requirements.
50,000 creators call on the EU to fix the transfer of value
Just hours before the copyright directive vote on 12 september, the petition on www.makeinternetfair.eu hit 50,000 creators’ signatures.
As a reminder, here is the call in its entirety:
The Copyright Directive and what the vote means for author remuneration and European democracy
Strasbourg, September 11, 2018 – Less than 24 hours before the plenary vote on the Copyright Directive, GESAC, the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers that represents over 1 million authors, takes a look back at why this Directive is essential, and how the outcome of tomorrow’s vote will be a reflection of the state of European democracy.