Academic Round Table event 28.11.2017
On 28 November, GESAC held an academic round table kindly hosted by MEPs Giorgos Grammatikakis, Mary Honeyball, and Helga Trüpel. Please find below a short recap of the event:
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ALAI answers Member State questions on Art 13 and Rec 38
Further reflections on the European proposals of 14 September 2016 to introduce fairer sharing of the value when works and other protected material are made available by electronic means
VP Ansip receives 20.000 creators’ signatures against transfer of value
- Renowned French visual artist Daniel Buren presented a petition to Commission Vice-President Ansip today.
- The petition, signed by some 20,000 creators, calls on the Commission to end the economic and legal loophole that platforms like YouTube have been wrongfully taking advantage of these past years.
- The loophole results in a transfer of value from creators to tech giants, draining Europe of its creative potential.
Response to tech lobby attacks on creators
The past few months have revealed increasingly aggressive and even offensive attacks from opponents of the Copyright Directive, mostly consisting of organisations more or less tightly linked to Google. Although we refuse to launch similar attacks, we feel obliged to at least respond to some of the worst or most inaccurate claims made, and hopefully move on to a healthier debate.