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										21 November 2023									
								
									PRESS RELEASE: GESAC welcomes the European Parliament’s call for an EU action to address buyout practices, which circumvent EU rules and jeopardise sustainability of European creation.
									Strasbourg, 21 November 2023 – Today the European Parliament adopted in plenary the report on the working conditions of artists, with a clear call to the Commission to address the growing phenomenon of coercive buyout practices from global platforms, that severely undermine the livelihood of authors and composers.
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										6 November 2023									
								
									PRESS RELEASE : New independent study commissioned by the European Parliament confirms the need for EU legislation to tackle buyouts imposed on authors and composers
									Brussels, 6 November – GESAC welcomes the outcome of a new study on buyout in the creative sector, which confirms the need for legislation to tackle unfair and coercive buyout practices at EU level. The study that will be presented at the European Parliament tomorrow was commissioned by its JURI Committee and prepared by the CEIPI Research department of the University of Strasbourg.
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										24 October 2023									
								
									PRESS RELEASE: GESAC welcomes the European Parliament’s strong call for EU action to tackle coercive buy-out contracts imposed on European authors and composers by non-EU based VOD platforms
									GESAC has issued a press release on today’s vote by the Culture and Employment Committees of the European Parliament regarding the working conditions of artists.
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										20 October 2023									
								
									GESAC’s statement in view of the upcoming Trilogue meeting
									In view of the upcoming Trilogue meeting on October 24, GESAC has issued a statement, urging European legislators to prioritize the inclusion of record-keeping and transparency obligations regarding the use of copyright-protected content by generative AI models. These obligations are necessary to ensure responsible and trustworthy AI systems, level the playing field, and enable European innovation and artistic creation.
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