International Federation of Cinematographers
THE AUTORSHIP OF NORWEGIAN CINEMATOGRAPHERS
Norwegian cinematographers are accepted authors in Norway, and their commercial rights is taken care of by the organisation NORWACO.
Norwaco is a governmental organisation, which pays authors a sum, based on what authors are involved and how many films are shown on TV-channels.
The yearly sum is the result of negotiations between the filmworkers organizations in Norway and the Ministry of Culture.
A yearly sum is ... [Read More]
EC SHELVES COPYRIGHT LEVY REFORM PLANS
2008 - Report from the
Hollywood Reporter By Leo Cendrowicz
The European Commission is shelving plans to reform the copyright levy system for consumer electronics after concluding that the political fallout from such an initiative would be too high.
Despite pledging to propose reforms before the end of the year, EC president Jose Manuel Barroso has decided to shy away from a fight with Europe's artistic community and ... [Read More]
Building a Digital Economy :
The Importance of Saving
Jobs in the EU’s Creative
Industries
TERA Consultants – The study was conducted by TERA Consultants, an independent Paris-based consultancy
International Chamber of Commerce/BASCAP – The study was commissioned by the International
Chamber of Commerce’s BASCAP initiative
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[Read More]SOCIETY OF AUDIOVISUAL AUTHORS
The Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) was established in 2010 by European collective management societies to represent the interests of their audiovisual authors’ members and, in particular, screenwriters and directors.
The establishment of SAA was prompted by a perceived need to enforce the legal position of writers and directors and to fight for a fair, transparent and harmonised system to remunerate ... [Read More]
