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Over 100 organisations representing European Authors co-sign open letter in support of Copyright Directive
Authors are at the very origin of the copyright value chain for Europe’s cultural and creative industries. They urge MEPs to seize this once in a decade opportunity and support the successful adoption of the Copyright Directive.
Audiovisual Authors gathered in Ljubljana to discuss Implementation of the Copyright Directive
The Copyright Directive is a concrete opportunity to empower a struggling European audiovisual authors’ community. Participants of the workshop discussed opportunities and challenges faced by AV authors in getting fair value for the exploitation of their work.
Once upon a time, the creation of FSE
When scriptwriters/screenwriters’ guilds in Europe decided to create the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (Amsterdam June 1999 – Athens, June 2001).
Manus Festet, the Danish Manifesto for Gender Equality
Danske Dramatikere (the Danish Writers Guild) published a manifesto – a satirical and ironic list of 40 points – to tackle gender stereotypes and clichés in films and TV series.
Fair Remuneration for Audiovisual Authors with Better Contracts
FERA, FSE and UNI MEI organise a series of workshop to foster cooperation among European audiovisual authors’ guilds and unions on contracts, fair remuneration and collective bargaining.
Bullying and harassment in the audiovisual sector : FSE resolution
The Annual General Assembly of the FSE (Berlin, October 2018) carried unanimously a resolution on bullying and harassment in the audiovisual sector.
WCOS 04 Berlin – Press Release
Power & Freedom: the World Conference of Screenwriters 04 Unites International Screenwriters in Berlin on the 10th and 11th of October.
FERA/FSE/SAA PRESS RELEASE Copyright Directive
The Federation of European Film Directors (FERA), the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE) and the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) welcome the vote on the Copyright Directive in the Digital Single Market by the European Parliament’s plenary
European Authors’ statement in support of the Copyright Directive
More than 130 organisations of authors – writers, journalists, screenwriters, filmmakers, composers and songwriters – urge members of the European Parliament to support the successful adoption of the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.
Collective Bargaining Workshops
More than 40 screenwriters and directors gathered in Brussels in May 2018 for the first of a series of three workshops on collective bargaining for authors organisations. A FERA/FSE/UNI MEI project.