UK COPYRIGHT FOR CINEMATOGRAPHERS Though the UK participates in copyright law for directors, actors, composers and writers there is no such law in relation to technicians. The UK shares much of its law in relation to film copyright with the USA and as …
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Authors Rights Russia
RUSSIA Dear colleagues, friends. In this note we tried to give brief information on situation with copyrights in Russia, made short historical digression and spoke about today’s condition of Russian moviemaking which directly dictates both …
Authors Rights Sweden
SWEDEN The Swedish Union for Theatre,Artists and Media organises almost everyone active in the performing arts including film and television. The Union has fought a long and hard battle to protect the artists and authors from exploitation by the …
Authors Rights Netherlands
NETHERLANDS The Dutch Directors of Photography in reality do not get authorship rights, or financial compensation for their authorship rights in the Netherlands. However it is stated in the law that a Director of Photography is in fact co-author of a …
Authors Rights Hungary
HUNGARY On the Hungarian copyright situation in general In Hungary Act No. LXXVI of 1999 on Copyright (further referred to as the Copyright Act) regulates most of the questions relating to copyright issues. In accordance with the Berne Convention the …
Authors Rights France
FRANCE (Richard Andry/ Robert Alazraki): we represent the AFC, and we gave you the situation in France with the general opinion in the AFC. But my personal feelings are a little different. I find that the more I work, and not only myself, and not only in …
Authors Rights Belgium
BELGIUM Following the tremendous and successful job done by Jost Vacano (BVK/ASC) in Germany and the urgent special demand from Porfirio EnrÍquez (AEC) about the DOP Authorship’s Rights on 5th January this year !!!….let us try to give an overview …
Authors Rights Austria
AUSTRIA This subject has not been raised in most of the years since the Austria Copyright Act came into force in 1936. Why should it have? Austrian Copyright Law provides the transfer of all utilisation rights for commercially produced films to the …
Authors Rights Denmark
DENMARK Administration of remuneration for beneficiaries within the Danish Association of Cinematographers, DFF. Co-Autor Issue Copy-Dan is the Danish collecting society established by authors, performers, publishers and producers on the basis of Danish …
Authors Rights Poland
The Declaration After almost a three year battle, Polish cinematographers/ directors of photography are starting a New Millennium as the co-authors of audiovisual creations recognized by Law! The amendments to the Copyright Act were made by Polish …
Authors Rights Argentina
The Authorship Rights of Directors of Photography in Argentina When we were told about the possibility of writing an article about the cinematographer’s rights as authors of their work, to be published in this magazine, we felt very honored about …
Authors Rights Czech Republic
Czech Republic (§) Section 2 Work (1) The subject of copyright law is a literary work and another artistic work and a scientific work which is a unique result of the author‘s creation and is expressed in any objectively perceivable form including …
