Alongside GESAC’S submission to the Article 17 guidelines consultation, GESAC’s President and Vice-Presidents also sent a letter to Thierry Breton, the European Commissioner for Internal Market. (more…)
Read GESAC’s submission to the European Commission’s consultation for guidelines on Article 17, which raises a number of concerns about the general direction of the guidelines. (more…)
The GESAC community is deeply saddened by the death of Carole Croella.
An invaluable expert on intellectual property, Carole Croella worked in the European Commission’s Copyright Unit before moving on to the WIPO, where she was a senior counsellor at the Copyright Law Division. (more…)
Google has decided unilaterally to remove from all Danish music from YouTube!
The reprehensible decision, which penalises Danish creators and music fans, comes in the middle of negotiations between the giant platform and Nordic authors societies, and after YouTube’s parent company said payments provided to composers and songwriters must be reduced by almost 70% for an extension of the existing agreement with GESAC member Koda. (more…)
