On 18 February, the Executive Committee of ALAI*, an independent learned society dedicated to studying and discussing legal issues arising in connection with the protection of the interests of creative individuals, published a resolution that firmly endorses Articles 13, 14 and Recital 38 of the European Commission’s Copyright Directive proposal (COM(2016)593) of 14 September 2016.
22 March, 2017 – CISAC, the global organisation representing authors’ societies, and GESAC, the organisation representing European authors’ societies, are stepping up their efforts to help remedy the troubled royalty collection system in Greece.
Dr Agnès Lucas-Schloetter, a senior lecturer and researcher at the Chair for Civil Law, Intellectual Property and Competition Law at the Ludwig-Maximilian University, published an appraisal of the Draft Copyright Directive’s provisions on transfer of value (Recitals 38, 39 and Article 13).
In a letter addressed to MEPs on 6 April, global songwriter and composer groups representing the interests of over 500,000 music creators from North America, South America, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Europe requested a “meaningful and innovative solution” to the issue of transfer of value in the digital marketplace.