After years of work and research concerning the needs of audiovisual authors from Russia, Belarus and Azerbaijan, on November 2018, the Executive Committee of W&DW – Writers and Directors WorldWide – composed of 10 global authors and their colleague members – met in the city of Moscow in a vital step for Audiovisual Authors from the Eurasian region in order to express its full support in the fight for their rights.
Why do audiovisual authors keep struggling a decade after an amendment to the Authors’ Rights’ law has promised them their fair share of Indian Audiovisual Authors?
The ECAD – Central Office for the Recollection and Distribution of Music in Brazil – gained a victory this Wednesday March 24th. before the Supreme Court of Justice (STJ), in a long battle against the hotel industry for the payment of Authors´ Rights of musical, literary and audiovisual works reproduced inside the rooms of Brazilian […]
From the seminar convened by the audiovisual authors Juanca Maneglia, Creadores PY President and Tana Schembori – General Secretary, next to FESAAL (Latin American Audivisual Authors Societies federation), represented by its members societies: DASC (Directors Colombia) with the presence of its President Mr. Mario Mitrotti, REDES (Screenwriters Colombia) with the presence of its President Mrs. Alexandra Cardona and SOGEM (Screenwriters México) with the presence of its President of the Directors Board, Gerardo Luna, and Carlos Mercado, Author of La Rosa de Guadalupe.
The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), which represents the European exhibition industry, has called on policy makers to “implement strong recovery strategies” as the 2020 box office fell 70.6% compared to the year before throughout the region.
TV soaps and series recorded in Colombia during 2020 were brought to a halt during the sanitary emergency for COVID-19, as reruns and replays were reactivated nationwide.
South Korea, as other countries, emerges today after the devastating pass of COVID-19. Previously, it became more known to the world having been multi awarded for its audiovisual production Parasite and its Director, Bong Joon-ho; today, its hope lies primarily in the internal market.
A worldwide danger which affects the economy of countries, COVID-19 is today a threat for the entire world, but….How does it affect audiovisual creators of the world.
On December 18, the Uruguayan Parliament passed the Copyright law for the Audiovisual sector, enacted by the current President Tabaré Vázquez, with the support of all political parties.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (TJUE) has decided to annul, momentarily, the letters which requested thousands of citizens to pay a 400 Euro fine in exchange of not taking them to trial for committing piracy.