AEPO-ARTIS contribution to the Targeted Consultation on the stakeholder dialogue on Article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
On 8 September, AEPO-ARTIS submitted its contribution to the Targeted Consultation addressed to the participants to the stakeholder dialogue on Article 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.
In its response, AEPO-ARTIS stressed that the provisions contained in article 17 will not automatically benefit all those it was meant to reach as in practice remuneration is unlikely to filter down to performers.
Whilst AEPO-ARTIS welcomes the recognition of collective licensing solutions in the consultation document, it asks the Commission to include in any communication to follow, a recommendation that Member States implement article 18 by introducing into their national legislation a right to remuneration for making available on demand for performers paid by online platforms and subject to mandatory collective management. This would mean that article 17 would actually achieve its stated objective of improving the remuneration of all rightholders, including performers, for such uses.
With Hungary officially taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, AEPO-ARTIS has sent a letter to the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Read the full letter...
On May 16th, AEPO-ARTIS organised a seminar on the EU enlargement and the impact hereof on performer rights. With representatives from three different EC Departments, performer organisations from a.o. Türkiye, Serbia, North Macedonia and Georgia and over 65 participants, the seminar was a succesfull first step towards a strong future collaboration with performers and their organisations in the EU Candidate Member States.