GESAC member KODA that represents approximately 40,000 Danish composers, songwriters and music publishers, published its Annual Report for 2013, achieving EUR 103 million result and a decrease in the admin expense rate.
Creators, artists and citizens from 106 countries have signed the petition launched by ECSA (the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance) early 2014 to “say yes to culture in Europe, and no to the dismantling of their rights”.
The objective of the petition was to make sure the voice of creators would be heard by EU institutions, as the European Commission decided to revise the EU copyright framework.
The talented actor, brilliant composer (David Bowie, The Carpenters, etc) and six-time Oscar nominee Paul Williams runs ASCAP, the biggest American authors’ society. He was in Paris when the recent Forum de Chaillot was held to bring creators and politicians together from all over the world to talk about the future of culture in Europe. And he agreed to meet with Magsacem to talk about authors’ rights.
Read the interview of Paul Williams
Croatian GESAC member HDS ZAMP has, in cooperation with several other Croatian IP rights’ management organizations, initiated and launched a wide national campaign ‘Creators make the world a better place’ aimed on raising public awareness of the importance of the creative work and the respect of creators’ rights. The campaign, under the patronage of Croatian State Intelectual Property Office, features numerous renowned creators from various artistic fields (composers, musicians, writers, photographers, directors, painters…) . They all contributed to the campaign with their statements on the creative work and its value in short films. Watch the 2-minute campaign film, available in Croatian language, with subtitles in English, French and Spanish.