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Press release. A call to MEPs from SAA, FERA and FSE
Audiovisual authors call on the EU Parliament to hold the Commission and Council accountable to EU values during a dinner with MEPs in Strasbourg.
Ensure protection of rights of creators and artists in development of generative AI.
FSE co-signed a letter addressed to MEPs, members of the Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee of the European Parliament. Together with other creators’ organisations, we make recommendations on the proposed amendments to the JURI Committee draft report on copyright and AI.
FSE supports the WGA standing with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers
FSE expresses full support to WGA statement following removal of a Jimmy Kimmel Live! rerun by ABC.
Joint statement on the AI Act implementation measures: A missed opportunity!
FSE joins a coalition of rightsholder organisations to express dissatisfaction with the AI Act implementation measures adopted by the EU Commission.
FSE unites with the European cultural sector to call for a stronger Creative Europe programme
FSE co-signed this open letter. We call on EU leaders to:
1. Keep Creative Europe stand-alone
2. Double its budget
3. Invest strategically in culture’s future
Protecting the rights of creators and artists in the development of generative AI
FSE co-signs a Joint letter to the European Parliament’s JURI Committee on the upcoming own-initiative report on copyright and generative AI.
FSE endorses Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation
FSE endorses Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation launched in Montreal.
#StayTrueToTheAct
FSE is part of a broad coalition of organisations in Europe’s creative and cultural sectors. Together they launch a campaign on the #AIAct. Keywords: Transparency. Consent. Remuneration. They call on EU policymakers to #StayTrueToTheAct.
Our Stories, our Voices, A Global Declaration for Artistic Freedom, Cultural Diversity and cultural sovereignty
FSE signed a global statement on artistic freedom, cultural diversity, and cultural sovereignty, to call on all governments to stand firm and safeguard the systems that support independent film and audiovisual creation.
Open letter to EU Ministers of Culture on AI
FSE co-signed an open letter to the attention of the European Ministers of Culture ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council on 12-13 May 2025. They now have a prominent role to play on the specific impact of AI on European cultural diversity and artistic freedom, which are cornerstones of European values and essential pillars of wellfunctioning democracies.