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Looking Forward in 2012

Jan 19. 2012
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BySylvie FodorCrucial developments are taking place in Europe and around the world. A look back at 2011 will help us to look foward in 2012.

The Internet is a great tool. It has however become increasingly difficult for creators to live from their creation in the Digital Age. This is particularly true for photographers. Boosted by new technologies, Microstock pursues its growth while traditional agents are merging, selling, closing. Legislation is adapting at high speed too. A number of legislative proposals at European and national level will affect the framework in which business is done: if not well-framed, they have the potential of further restricting the revenues of libraries and of their photographers.

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CEPIC Agenda from September to November 2011

Nov 22. 2011
03:11
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Follow CEPIC's activities from September to November 2011

  • 29 and 30 November 2001: EIBTM Hosted Buyers Fair, Barcelona. Looking for Congress venues in 2013 and beyond ...
  • 05 and 06 November 2011: Microstock Conference, Berlin
  • 25 October 2011: ARROW PLUS Stakeholder Meeting 25 October 2011, organised by EVA, Ljubeljana
  • 21 - 23 October 2011: 16th paca international conference

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Finding the Author is not a Lost Cause

Oct 18. 2011
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On 12th October, within the framework of the Frankfurt Bookfair, CEPIC and EVA addressed the issue of Orphan Works.

Cultural heritage institutions scan and digitize their collections to give access to the public. A growing number of images is concerned. Prior authorization is needed but not all rights holders can be tracked.

The legal back ground was explained by prof. Dr. Dreier (KIT). The ARROW tool, a network supporting the search, was demonstrated by Paola Mazzuchi (ARROW).

The CEPIC presentation which outlines CEPIC's position on Arrow Plus may be downloaded here.

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CEPIC Statement on Orphan Works directive proposal

Jul 18. 2011
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BySylvie FodorThe EC proposal was rushed for publication together with other IPR documents. From a rightsholder perspective, it is in regress to the draft versions.

Stand- alone photography is excluded from the scope of the directive. But since most pictures make money because they are published somewhere and part of another work, this exclusion does not make away with the issue of photographic rights altogether. It does mean that the future directive would not apply to historical picture archives.

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ARROW PLUS technicalities

Jul 06. 2011
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ARROW a network of databases and a system enabling libraries to clear rights of "Works" they want to digitize.

ARROW PLUS builds on ARROW, extending the database network to the image field. EVA and CEPIC are only a small part of the ARROW PLUS project. Together, we will receive 5% of the total budget - involving for CEPIC a co-funding of 30.000 Euros.

"This is not underestimating the problem of images", said Piero Attanasio, ARROW project co-ordinator, "This on the contrary because we are aware that the image issue needs a project of its own."

In the next few months, we will concentrate fully on the work for ARROW PLUS.

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Commission sets out "blueprint" for Intellectual Property Rights

May 31. 2011
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Intellectual property rights (IPR), which comprise patents, trademarks, designs and geographical indications, as well as copyright (authors' rights) and rights related to copyright (for performers, producers and broadcasters), have been around for centuries.

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District Court of New York rejects Google Book Settlement

Mar 25. 2011
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ByChristian DonleSeveral US copyright associations sued Google for the mass digitisation of books. In Europe, national governments like Germany regarded the Settlement as a violation of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.

Thereupon, the District Court of New York asked the litigants to negotiate a modified Settlement version. The latest version however could not be approved by the court since it could still lead to Google's monopoly position in search engines and the online book search.

The District Court made no announcement as to whether a newly modified version could be approved. This is why Google might try to negotiate a new version within the next couple of months.

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Waiting for Godot

Mar 21. 2011
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BySylvie FodorSometimes I wonder if this is not an absurdist play we are in. It features many characters, several plots but there is no ending. The play bears the obscure title: "Orphan Works". (Are you sure you want to read this blog further?)

More than 5 years ago, in November 2006, I attended my first meeting on "orphan works". I did not know that it would be the first in a long series.

It was in New York, attended by several enthusiastic associations in the USA, all committed to finding a solution to the US pending Orphan Works legislation. The bill was blocked. Legislation is still pending.

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MEDIA intergroup talks on Hungarian Media Law

Feb 09. 2011
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Jean-Marie Cavada, MEP

On 3rd February 2011, European Commissioner Neelie Kroes received the President and four Vice-Presidents of the MEDIA intergroup for talks on Hungarian Media Law in order to keep them informed about the progress of discussions with the Hungarian Government.

They found that the questions asked by the Commission focused exclusively on the technical aspect of this law and completely ignored the Union’s democratic values. A further meeting between the Hungarian Government and the representatives of Neelie Kroes will take place from the 7th February in Brussels.

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Mass Digitization Agreement in the Netherlands

Dec 19. 2010
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BySylvie FodorEuropeana obliges National Libraries to mass digitize their archives. In the wait of a European Directive on Orphan Works, solutions emerge through self-regulation. As the latest agreement signed in the Netherlands shows, collecting societies are often behind these solutions.

On 30 November 2010, the "Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB/ Dutch National Library) and two Dutch collecting societies, LIRA (text) and Pictoright (visual autors) stroke an agreement which makes three millions of newspapers pages until 1995 available to the public on-line.

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