On 5 July 2018, the FAIR INTERNET coalition issued a statement calling on members of the European Parliament – when considering amendments ahead of the plenary vote in September on the draft directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market - to safeguard the meaningful improvements to the benefit of performers obtained in Chapter III, articles 14-16.

On 20 June 2018, the FAIR INTERNET coalition issued a statement welcoming the vote of the Legal Affairs’ Committee in favour of a new Article -14a ensuring the payment of fair and proportionate remuneration for performers including for online exploitations.

AEPO-ARTIS, on behalf of the FAIR INTERNET coalition, and German actor Hans Werner Meyer, met with Mrs Gabriel, Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society to discuss the improvement of the EU copyright acquis in the context of the Digital Single Market.