On 6th March 2018 world-renowned electronic music composer and performer Jean-Michel Jarre led a delegation of authors to Brussels to call for support by members of the European Parliament to bring fairness for authors in the digital world.
19 March 2018: After the dismissal of Christophe Depreter from his position as SABAM’s CEO, on 13 March, the GESAC Board has designated Robert Ashcroft to replace him as President of GESAC until the next statutory elections on May 3. Robert Ashcroft is CEO of the British authors society PRS for music and has been Vice-President of GESAC Board until now.
Last December, we felt the need to express our concerns regarding the launch of the Create.Refresh project, which we found ethically inappropriate. Last week, we noted that this project is now finalised and widely exhibited in the Parliament, and we felt it was necessary to remind MEPs certain facts on the project and to underline why this Copyright Directive is so important for the entire community of authors in Europe, as well as the cultural and creative sector as a whole. You’ll find the letter below.
A delegation of European Authors came to Strasbourg today to call on the European Parliament for fair copyright rules in the digital world.
