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The Reda report: a direct attack on authors

Representing over a million authors and rights holders, GESAC would like to speak out on behalf of its community, as it rightly worries about its future in light of the current copyright debate which is being overrun by false claims.

The draft report on the copyright modernisation by MEP Reda contains a large amount of threats to authors’ livelihoods. In fact, it serves the purpose of commercial operators and Internet giants rather than consumer needs and authors’ rights.

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GESAC participates in Eurosonic, the music sector’s main European festival

On 13 January, the renowned Music Festival Eurosonic/Noorderslag opened in Groningen (NL) with the European Border Breaker Awards (EBBA). The event is Europe’s main festival/conference for the music sector and features some 300 performances on 36 stages throughout the city, over 150 panels and some 4 000 music professionals.

In light of the Dutch presidency of the European Union this semester (1 January to 30 June 2016), and Eurosonic’s 30th anniversary, this edition was set to attract big names. In fact, the First Vice-President of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans, presented the public choice award to the Latvian band Carnival Youth during the EBBA ceremony.

GESAC’s President (and CEO of our Belgian member Sabam), Christophe Depreter, attended Eurosonic where he met European Commission and Dutch Presidency officials, and participated in panels.

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Cultural and creative industries in the EU show a way out of the economic crisis

Brussels, 07/01/2014 – A new study published by EY (formerly Ernst & Young) shows that more than 7m Europeans are directly employed by CCIs. CCIs are the 3rd largest employer in the EU and attract young workers. Read more 


[1] GESAC partners for the study : EUROCOPYA European Federation of Joint Management Societies of Producers for Private Audiovisual Copying; EVA European Visual Artists; FIAPF International Federation of Film Producers Associations; IFPI International Federation of the Phonographic Industry; IMPALA Independent Music Companies Association; IVF International Video Federation; SAA Society of Audiovisual Authors.

Supportive organisations: ACE Architects’ Council of Europe; AEC European Association of Conservatoires; AER Association of European Radios; EACA European Association of Communications; ECSA European Composer and Songwriter Alliance; EGDF European Games Developer Federation; EPC European Publishers council; FEPFederation of European Publishers; FERA Federation of European Film Directors; FSE Federation of Screenwriters in Europe; IMPF Independent Music Publishers Forum.

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Eight million streaming music services users in the Nordic countries

Press release -17.10.2014- Joint Nordic Digital Music Survey 2014

THE FOUR Nordic countries – Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden, with a combined population of 26 million – are forerunners in the shift to digital music consumption, a new study finds. An estimated 8 million Nordic consumers (Internet users aged 15 to 65) have used music streaming services such as Spotify or Wimp in the past 12 months.

SPOTIFY alone is estimated to have 7 million users in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. While the survey reports use in the past 12 months, this is nevertheless a significant number compared to Spotify’s 40 million active monthly users worldwide 1. All in all, 78% of Nordic Internet users aged 15 to 65 are digital music consumers (an estimated 13.8 million), having used services such as YouTube, Spotify, Wimp or iTunes for accessing music content at some time in the past 12 months.

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