Copyright Archive

The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) share the European Commission’s ambitions to provide a fairer online environment for the remuneration of authors and performers in its proposal for a Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (Articles 14 to 16). The EFADs welcome proposals that have been put forward by the Commission, the Council, and in the European …

Press Release, 22 May 2020 The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) have published a declaration outlining their concerns about the actions being taken at the European Union level which will undermine cultural diversity, contractual freedom, and territorial exclusivity. The declaration was adopted at our plenary meeting at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival …

Ahead of the Legal Affairs (JURI) committee vote on 23 March and the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) committee vote in April on the proposal for a Regulation on addressing geo-blocking and other forms of discrimination, the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) would like to raise concerns with amendments proposed by Members of the …

The European Film Agency Director’s (EFADs) position paper on the so called “Sat Cab Regulation”, published today, outlines the EFADs’ concerns about the introduction of a Country of Origin principle for broadcasters’ ancillary online services such as catch-up TV. Whilst the EFADs share the European Commission’s ambitions to support the audiovisual sector’s adaptation to new digital …

Press Release, 15 September 2020 On 14 September, the European Commission published proposals to reform the European Union’s copyright framework. This includes a proposed Regulation on online transmissions and retransmissions and revisions to the Directive on copyright, in the context of the Digital Single Market. The European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) association shares the Commission’s …

Working Group on IPR & Copyright Reform  A working group on IPR & Copyright Reform  set up by JURI and coordinated by Jean-Marie Cavada (FR, ALDE) brings together MEPs from several parliamentary committees. Since December 2014, the working group has auditioned all representatives of the sectors concerned by reform. A working document summarizing the issues at stake will …

Background Facilitating online cross border circulation of works through a modernisation of the EU copyright framework is one of President Juncker‘s priorities, as set out in its July 2014 political guidelines “We can ensure that consumers can access services, music, movies and sports events on their electronic devices wherever they are in Europe and regardless …

Territoriality and its impact on the financing of audiovisual works, EAO, September 2015. The report mainly focuses on the impact of the principle of territoriality on the financing of fictions. European Parliament briefing paper “EU copyright reform: Revisiting the principle of territoriality”, EPRS, September 2015. The European Parliament Research Unit CEPS has published on 13 …

Besides political and legislative initiatives, the Commission has launched several competition exercises.   An e-commerce inquiry on 6 May where the Commission is checking the application of competition law in the areas of e-commerce area and in particular as regards potential barriers erected by companies to cross-border online trade digital content. Some of these barriers …

The European Film Agencies have adopted in March 2015 a common resolution on the EU plans to reform the copyright framework. This first paper, that launches the reflection of the EFADs, will be followed by an in-depth assessment of the EU initiatives and their impact on the way films and audio-visual works are financed and …