GESAC congratulates EU institutions on reaching portability deal
On 7 February, the Commission, the Council and the Parliament reached a deal over accessing subscription services while abroad.
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Academics Back Commission’s Copyright Directive Proposal on Transfer of Value Issue
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.
CISAC and GESAC address collective management situation in Greece
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.
Transfer of value: Dr Lucas-Schloetter analyses Commission’s proposal
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).