Tackling Illegal Content Online: Towards an enhanced responsibility of online...
The European Commission’s Communication Tackling Illegal Content Online: Towards an enhanced responsibility of online platforms (COM(2017) 555 final) has been published today.
View ArticleCW! Statement: What is illegal offline is also illegal online
We welcome the Commission’s stance that “what is illegal offline is also illegal online” – this is paramount to the protection of intellectual property and copyright in particular.
View ArticleJoint statement Transfer of Value /Value Gap/ Value Block
Twenty-three rightholders organisations adressed a joint statement to MEP Axel Voss on the "transfer of value".
View ArticleVisual Artists Applaud the Release of New Small Claim Legislation
The proposed legislation addresses a decades-old inequity in America's copyright system: a copyright system that that all too often denies individual creators and small businesses a viable means of...
View ArticleWill Google become good?
On 9 October 2017 a delegation made up of representatives of the photo industry met up in Berlin with representatives of Google. It was the second meeting face to face in five months and since 2013.
View ArticleMusic – The Universal Language
Werner Forman travelled the world for eight decades photographing many different cultures. He often captured images relating to music and musical instruments, and the Werner Forman Archive
View ArticleGerman search engine MetaGer with protected privacy now available in English...
MetaGer is non-commercial, run by the German NGO 'SUMA-EV - Association for Free Access to Knowledge'. It relies little on advertising as a source of income, instead being financed largely by donations...
View ArticleVote in JURI Commission postponed. What does it mean?
The vote in the Legal Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament on the Report on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has been postponed for the second time. Why and what does it...
View ArticleThe Watercolour World Website to Create New Visual History of the World
Double Royal Patronage Now Announced: TRH The Prince of Wales & The Duchess of Cornwall
View ArticleCopytrack Participation in DMLA 2017
Copytrack will once again be represented at the DMLA Conference from 22 to 24 October this year and will be participating in the panel “Post-Usage Licensing / Found Money”.
View ArticleBAPLA FOCUS 2017: A look back
BAPLA wishes to extend a big thank you to the speakers and attendees who made this year’s BAPLA FOCUS a success.
View ArticleMeeting in Brussels on 11 October 2017
Report to the CEPIC board on meetings in Brussels on Framing and Image Search Engines.
View ArticleGoogle-Meeting Berlin 5. Oktober 2017
Confidential report on meeting with Google on 05 October 2017
View ArticlePICSEL holds first Annual General Meeting
On Monday 16 October PICSEL (UK) holds first annual general meeting.
View ArticleIPEC small claims costs warning: Pablo Star Media Ltd v Richard Bowen
A recent judgment in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), in an infringement case concerning a photograph of Dylan Thomas used without permission for 17 days on a holiday cottages...
View ArticleJob Opportunity: Managing Director of IPTC
IPTC, the International Press and Telecommunication Council has a job opportunity: Managing Director.
View ArticlePhotononstop a Leading Independent French Agency unveils Biosmotion.com its...
With their new site, Biosmotion.com, the Photononstop Group can now offer a unique, multi-themed service offering more than 5 million HD and 4K video clips, both Right Managed and Royalty Free.
View ArticleVisual Connections for Sale
After ten years running Visual Connections LLC, co-owners Deborah Free and Edward Leigh have decided to make the company available for acquisition.
View ArticleEU Consultations: take part!
We strongly encourage our members to take part in the EU public consultations.
View ArticleCommission to invest €30 billion in new solutions for societal challenges and...
Brussels, 27 October 2017 The European Commission today announced how it will spend €30 billion of the EU research and innovation funding programme Horizon 2020 during 2018-2020, including €2.7 billion...
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