Resale right on the agenda in Japan
On 5 March, CISAC and the Research Centre for the Legal System of Intellectual Property (RCLIP) of Waseda University co-hosted a symposium on the visual artist’s resale right.
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EU Commission petitioned to support resale right
A letter co-signed by GESAC, CISAC and EVA was sent to the European Commission requesting support for promoting the worldwide recognition of visual artists’ resale right.
Transposition deadline for Directive on Collective Management of Copyright
Yesterday (10 April 2016) marked the deadline for the transposition into national law of the Directive on Collective Management of Copyright (2014/26/EU), adopted in February 2014. This Directive applies to all GESAC members—the authors’ societies—who manage the rights of around 1 million creators and rights holders in various artistic fields like music, visual and audiovisual arts, etc.
GESAC to speak at international conference on private copying
On 23 and 24 June, the Dutch association “Stichting De Thuiskopie” is organising an international conference on private copying to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the private copying exception in the Dutch copyright act.