Abu Dhabi International Bookfair
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© Abu Dhabi International Bookfair
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is the most professionally organized, most ambitious and fastest growing book fair in the Middle East and North Africa.
Abu Dhabi is the motor driving the professional and commercial development of the regional publishing industry, and is financially and philosophically committed to the long-term expansion of the global book business.
Visa pour l'Image 2012
The 24th edition of the premier International Festival of Photojournalism will be held from 1st - 16th of September 2012 in Perpignan, France. Read more
WIPO Seminar Series on "The Economics of Intellectual Property"
The next session of the WIPO Seminar Series on "The Economics of Intellectual Property", which will be held in Geneva, at the headquarters of WIPO, on February 15, 2012, from 1.30 to 3 p.m., in Room NB 1 and 2 (WIPO New Building). The working language will be English. Read more
Visual Connections Chicago 2012
Visual Connections is returning to the prestigious Chicago Cultural Center on April 26, 2012. Read more
SAB Lightbox PLUS
The Swiss National Association of Picture Libraries (SAB) invites everybody who is active in the picture indusrty to join their monthly meeting which features this time a professional talk on digital copyright. Read more
WORLD.REPORT AWARD 2012
Italian Photojournalism Award Read more
Fotofringe London 2012
After May’s wildly successful debut networking event for picture researchers, publishers, designers, and image providers, the team behind fotofringe London have announced they are running the show again in 2012. Read more
CYBERFOTO 2012
The purpose of this contest is to promote digital photography as an art with a particular culture-producing meaning and to show the possibilities of digital creations of photographic images. It is the largest contest of its type in Poland with over 1000 photos flowing in from all over the world. Read more
PICTAday 2012 in Munich
The German Association of Picture Agencies, BVPA, announced venue and date for their annual PICTAday. Read more
photokina 2012
Every two years there is one focal point in the sector: photokina, the worlds leading imaging fair. In 2012, photokina will take place from 18 - 23 September in Colongne (Germany) Read more
Abu Dhabi International Bookfair
The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair is the most professionally organized, most ambitious and fastest growing book fair in the Middle East and North Africa. Read more
British Library on CEPIC and ARROW at the UK Parliament
- Nov 04. 2011
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Interior of the House of Lords c. 1896 Source: Topfoto
BySylvie FodorOn 1 November, at a hearing held at the House of Commons in the UK, Ben White of the British Library said how CEPIC would be feeding images into the Arrow project. Here is an opportunity to clarify what ARROW is and what CEPIC and ARROW do together.
The full hearing of the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee of the House of Commons has been recorded. It is available on the website of the UK Parliament [Please listen from minutes 10.00 for above mentioned declaration]
Ben White's statement on how "CEPIC will feed images into ARROW" is too simple to be accurate.
BAPLA Meet With The IPO
At the end of last week BAPLA held a very positive meeting at the Wellcome Trust with some of its members and three representatives from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) ... Read more
Similar Photographs and Copyright Infringement
Temple Island Collections v New English Teas. Can the copyright in a photograph be infringed by shooting a similar photograph? Read more
Your Chance to Respond to UK Copyright: The Case for Change
You should be aware that the UK Government is planning to implement some changes relating to copyright and many of those are based on recommendations made in the Hargreaves Review. Read more
Views sought on UK's copyright licensing system
In light of the recent Hargreaves report and its recommendations on the state of the copyright licensing system in the UK, representatives from the creative industry are being asked to express their views on whether the UK's current copyright licensing system is fit for purpose in the digital age. Read more
Looking Forward in 2012
Crucial developments are taking place in Europe and around the world. A look back at 2011 will help us to look foward in 2012. Read more
Copyright in Portrait Photographs
The European Court of Justice delivered a judgment in the important case PAINER v STANDARD VERLAGS GmbH Read more
Pepper Stark five years of business
Starting with Pepper Stark, we have just celebrated our 5th year of business on 2nd June. Read more
iPad And HD To Lead Renaissance Of The Photo Professional?
Christina Vaughan, founder and CEO of Image Source and president of the European trade body CEPIC, which represents over 1,000 picture sources in Europe, was speaking to siliconrepublic.com during CEPIC’s annual congress in Dublin this week. Read more
Report on the first NLimage Fair 2011
The first NLimage Fair on Wednesday the 12th of October was a great success. For the first time, NLimage organised a fair for picture editors, art buyers and art directors. A good 250 image users made their way Amsterdam. Read more
Michael Brown becomes 'Friend of CEPIC'
I’m delighted to be one of the first ‘Friends of CEPIC’ because I’ve been an active supporter since the early days in Perpignan & Berlin, few of you will remember those early meetings. Read more
Vice-President of European Commission addresses Federation of European Publishers
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Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Books in the 21st century Frankfurt Book Fair this week stressed the importance of addressing issues of copyright ...
and intellectual property in her opening address to representative and members of the Federation of European Publishers in Frankfurt. She highlighted new technologies are giving us the opportunity to change how consume and that the digital transition is set to “revolutionise” how we access information.
Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age
Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Creativity for the Creative Sector: Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age European Parliament Intellectual Property Forum, European Parliament Brussels, 24 January 2012 Read more
Hannah Hess new Editor-in-Chief of epa european pressphoto agency
Hannah Hess, 44, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the european pressphoto agency epa. This was announced in Frankfurt today by epa’s President and CEO, Jörg Schierenbeck. Read more
Eastman Kodak Company: Voluntary Chapter 11 Business Reorganization
Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak” or the “Company”) announced today that it and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Read more
European Commission announces strategy on the Digital Single Market
The European Commission announced this week its strategy to build trust in the Digital Single Market, stating, ... Read more
Nature Picture Library launches new homepage
The New Year brings new beginnings at Nature Picture Library. Read more
Cordon Press Acquires Latinstock Spain
Cordón Press (www.cordonpress.com), Spain’s number one editorial agency, has just announced the acquisition of Latinstock Spain (www.latinstock.es) for an undisclosed amount. Read more
Kim Taylor scoops top award
Nature Picture Library photographer Kim Taylor has won the Grand Prize in the 2011 Share the View photo competition organised by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver in the USA, from more than 1600 entries. Read more
KIM Keywording 2
New tool for photographers and photoagencies: Kursiv just released the second version of their keywording software «KIM Keywording». The software comes as a crossplatform product for Mac and Windows and is specialized on the fast and consistent keywording of huge loads of images. Read more
ASMP Submits Comments On Copyright Small Claims
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has submitted its comments on “Remedies for Copyright Small Claims” to the U.S. Copyright Office. Read more
IP Filings Worldwide Rebound in 2010 despite Economic Turmoil
A new report published by WIPO today shows that intellectual property (IP) filings worldwide rebounded strongly in 2010 after a considerable decline in 2009. Read more
Events at the Frankfurt Bookfair 2011
- Oct 05. 2011
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A number of events at the Frankfurt Bookfair will allow the picture business to stay in touch with the latest developments around the publishing market and the activity of trade associations.
- Special Area for Picture Agencies
Following the Center for Photography in 2009 and 2010, a special area in Hall 3.1 will be devoted to images businesses. BVPA (Hall 3.1 A 105) invites every day at 17.00 H to a Happy Hour.
Magazine PICTORIAL has established a list of picture related businesses exhibiting at the Fair, mostly in Hall 3.1 but also in Hall 4.1 and 8.0.
Registration to the CEPIC Congress Opens
Almost 200 participants used the unique opportunity of the Christmas Offer to register two attendants for the price of three for the CEPIC Congress 2012. Registration is now open with further Early Bird Deals. Read more
Be Aware of Fake Offers for the CEPIC Congress 2012!
The British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies – BAPLA – have warned it’s photo library members of some rogue activity by third parties offering deals across this years CEPIC Congress in London. Read more
Almost 200 Participants Seized Unique Registration Offer for CEPIC Congress 2012
We are very happy to announce that almost 200 participants used the unique opportunity of the Christmas Offer to register two attendants for the price of three for the CEPIC Congress 2012. Read more
Robert Harding World Imagery sponsors CEPIC Congress 2012
We are happy to announce one of our first sponsors for the CEPIC Congress 2012. The world's leading independent travel photography specialist provides the CEPIC Congress website with images. Read more
Hotel Accomodation in London
It is now possible to book your accomodation in London near the Truman Brewery where the CEPIC Congress will take place. Read more
ARROW revamped website
New content features have been added on the ARROW website. Read more
The Granger Collection joins CEPIC as a new affiliate
We are happy to welcome a new affiliate from the USA: The Granger Collection Read more
Registration to London CEPIC week 2012 starts with Special Christmas Offer
For the first time ever, CEPIC decided to open the registration for its annual congress before the Christmas holidays and to offer a special deal for companies who wish to send more staff. Read more
Finding the Author is not a Lost Cause
On 12th October, within the framework of the Frankfurt Bookfair, CEPIC and EVA addressed the issue of Orphan Works. Read more
World Photography Organisation becomes offical partner for CEPIC Congress 2012
CEPIC and the World Photography Organisation are partnering for the 14th edition of the CEPIC Congress which will be held in London from 15th - 18th May 2012. Read more
BVPA presents German publishers' app-offers in an overview
- Sep 30. 2011
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App-publications from newspaper and magazine publishers have become increasingly important for picture agencies.
The German Association of Picture Agencies, BVPA, now presents a compilation on the latest app-offers from German newspapers and magazines.
- Please find the file attached to this article
Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age
Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Creativity for the Creative Sector: Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age European Parliament Intellectual Property Forum, European Parliament Brussels, 24 January 2012 Read more
Hannah Hess new Editor-in-Chief of epa european pressphoto agency
Hannah Hess, 44, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the european pressphoto agency epa. This was announced in Frankfurt today by epa’s President and CEO, Jörg Schierenbeck. Read more
Eastman Kodak Company: Voluntary Chapter 11 Business Reorganization
Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak” or the “Company”) announced today that it and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Read more
European Commission announces strategy on the Digital Single Market
The European Commission announced this week its strategy to build trust in the Digital Single Market, stating, ... Read more
Nature Picture Library launches new homepage
The New Year brings new beginnings at Nature Picture Library. Read more
Cordon Press Acquires Latinstock Spain
Cordón Press (www.cordonpress.com), Spain’s number one editorial agency, has just announced the acquisition of Latinstock Spain (www.latinstock.es) for an undisclosed amount. Read more
Kim Taylor scoops top award
Nature Picture Library photographer Kim Taylor has won the Grand Prize in the 2011 Share the View photo competition organised by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver in the USA, from more than 1600 entries. Read more
KIM Keywording 2
New tool for photographers and photoagencies: Kursiv just released the second version of their keywording software «KIM Keywording». The software comes as a crossplatform product for Mac and Windows and is specialized on the fast and consistent keywording of huge loads of images. Read more
ASMP Submits Comments On Copyright Small Claims
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has submitted its comments on “Remedies for Copyright Small Claims” to the U.S. Copyright Office. Read more
IP Filings Worldwide Rebound in 2010 despite Economic Turmoil
A new report published by WIPO today shows that intellectual property (IP) filings worldwide rebounded strongly in 2010 after a considerable decline in 2009. Read more
Banned and readmitted: Belgian newspaper websites in Google Search index
- Aug 15. 2011
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Google banned Belgian newspapers both from Google News and Google Search after the Belgian publishers collecting society, Copiepresse, supported by a number of journalists and photographers, filed and won a copyright infringement lawsuit against Google in 2006 and 2011.
However, after some negotiations, Google has now announced that it will re-index the pages in their search engine.
Copiepresse accused Google of unauthorised listing of the newspapers in their news search and for making profit out of it. Furthermore, the cache function allowed users to preview content that has already been taken off the actual website. The claim has been admitted by the court on May 5th, 2011.
BAPLA Meet With The IPO
At the end of last week BAPLA held a very positive meeting at the Wellcome Trust with some of its members and three representatives from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) ... Read more
Similar Photographs and Copyright Infringement
Temple Island Collections v New English Teas. Can the copyright in a photograph be infringed by shooting a similar photograph? Read more
Your Chance to Respond to UK Copyright: The Case for Change
You should be aware that the UK Government is planning to implement some changes relating to copyright and many of those are based on recommendations made in the Hargreaves Review. Read more
Views sought on UK's copyright licensing system
In light of the recent Hargreaves report and its recommendations on the state of the copyright licensing system in the UK, representatives from the creative industry are being asked to express their views on whether the UK's current copyright licensing system is fit for purpose in the digital age. Read more
Looking Forward in 2012
Crucial developments are taking place in Europe and around the world. A look back at 2011 will help us to look foward in 2012. Read more
Copyright in Portrait Photographs
The European Court of Justice delivered a judgment in the important case PAINER v STANDARD VERLAGS GmbH Read more
Pepper Stark five years of business
Starting with Pepper Stark, we have just celebrated our 5th year of business on 2nd June. Read more
iPad And HD To Lead Renaissance Of The Photo Professional?
Christina Vaughan, founder and CEO of Image Source and president of the European trade body CEPIC, which represents over 1,000 picture sources in Europe, was speaking to siliconrepublic.com during CEPIC’s annual congress in Dublin this week. Read more
Report on the first NLimage Fair 2011
The first NLimage Fair on Wednesday the 12th of October was a great success. For the first time, NLimage organised a fair for picture editors, art buyers and art directors. A good 250 image users made their way Amsterdam. Read more
Michael Brown becomes 'Friend of CEPIC'
I’m delighted to be one of the first ‘Friends of CEPIC’ because I’ve been an active supporter since the early days in Perpignan & Berlin, few of you will remember those early meetings. Read more
Creating new orphans – how the internet "loses" parents
- Apr 29. 2011
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ByUte KrebsThe discussion on orphan works is getting louder in Europe, after the USA made the start on creating a legal status for such parentless works a few years ago.
European states have very different legal systems and legal understandings which make the creation of one single law at European Union level almost impossible. Cepic have become very active in lobbying work over the past few years, thanks largely to Sylvie Fodor who is enviably trilingual and so perfectly placed to follow the debates in different jurisdictions.
BAPLA Meet With The IPO
At the end of last week BAPLA held a very positive meeting at the Wellcome Trust with some of its members and three representatives from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) ... Read more
Similar Photographs and Copyright Infringement
Temple Island Collections v New English Teas. Can the copyright in a photograph be infringed by shooting a similar photograph? Read more
Your Chance to Respond to UK Copyright: The Case for Change
You should be aware that the UK Government is planning to implement some changes relating to copyright and many of those are based on recommendations made in the Hargreaves Review. Read more
Views sought on UK's copyright licensing system
In light of the recent Hargreaves report and its recommendations on the state of the copyright licensing system in the UK, representatives from the creative industry are being asked to express their views on whether the UK's current copyright licensing system is fit for purpose in the digital age. Read more
Looking Forward in 2012
Crucial developments are taking place in Europe and around the world. A look back at 2011 will help us to look foward in 2012. Read more
Copyright in Portrait Photographs
The European Court of Justice delivered a judgment in the important case PAINER v STANDARD VERLAGS GmbH Read more
Pepper Stark five years of business
Starting with Pepper Stark, we have just celebrated our 5th year of business on 2nd June. Read more
iPad And HD To Lead Renaissance Of The Photo Professional?
Christina Vaughan, founder and CEO of Image Source and president of the European trade body CEPIC, which represents over 1,000 picture sources in Europe, was speaking to siliconrepublic.com during CEPIC’s annual congress in Dublin this week. Read more
Report on the first NLimage Fair 2011
The first NLimage Fair on Wednesday the 12th of October was a great success. For the first time, NLimage organised a fair for picture editors, art buyers and art directors. A good 250 image users made their way Amsterdam. Read more
Michael Brown becomes 'Friend of CEPIC'
I’m delighted to be one of the first ‘Friends of CEPIC’ because I’ve been an active supporter since the early days in Perpignan & Berlin, few of you will remember those early meetings. Read more
BnF signs new deal with Jouve-Safig-Diadéis partnership for digitization of its print collections
- Apr 24. 2011
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As the principal representative of the operation, the Jouve Group will work in partnership with Safig, Diadéis and the subcontractor BancTec, to digitize more than 70,000 works per year, of which around 70% will come from the print collections of the BnF (Bibliothèque national de France) ...
... and 30% from the collections of partner libraries.
Financed by the Centre national du livre, the agreement has been agreed for a three year period, renewable for one year after.
The previous agreement was signed in 2007 with a Safig-BancTec-Diadéis partnership. It allowed the digitization and OCR (optical character recognition) of 36.6 million pages.
Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age
Neelie Kroes Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda Creativity for the Creative Sector: Entertaining Europe in the Electronic Age European Parliament Intellectual Property Forum, European Parliament Brussels, 24 January 2012 Read more
Hannah Hess new Editor-in-Chief of epa european pressphoto agency
Hannah Hess, 44, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the european pressphoto agency epa. This was announced in Frankfurt today by epa’s President and CEO, Jörg Schierenbeck. Read more
Eastman Kodak Company: Voluntary Chapter 11 Business Reorganization
Eastman Kodak Company (“Kodak” or the “Company”) announced today that it and its U.S. subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for chapter 11 business reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. Read more
European Commission announces strategy on the Digital Single Market
The European Commission announced this week its strategy to build trust in the Digital Single Market, stating, ... Read more
Nature Picture Library launches new homepage
The New Year brings new beginnings at Nature Picture Library. Read more
Cordon Press Acquires Latinstock Spain
Cordón Press (www.cordonpress.com), Spain’s number one editorial agency, has just announced the acquisition of Latinstock Spain (www.latinstock.es) for an undisclosed amount. Read more
Kim Taylor scoops top award
Nature Picture Library photographer Kim Taylor has won the Grand Prize in the 2011 Share the View photo competition organised by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver in the USA, from more than 1600 entries. Read more
KIM Keywording 2
New tool for photographers and photoagencies: Kursiv just released the second version of their keywording software «KIM Keywording». The software comes as a crossplatform product for Mac and Windows and is specialized on the fast and consistent keywording of huge loads of images. Read more
ASMP Submits Comments On Copyright Small Claims
The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has submitted its comments on “Remedies for Copyright Small Claims” to the U.S. Copyright Office. Read more
IP Filings Worldwide Rebound in 2010 despite Economic Turmoil
A new report published by WIPO today shows that intellectual property (IP) filings worldwide rebounded strongly in 2010 after a considerable decline in 2009. Read more
Key points of judge Chin's rejection of the proposed Google Book Settlement
- Apr 06. 2011
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On 22 March 2011, Judge Denny Chin issued his much anticipated ruling in the Google Book Search class action lawsuit pending before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Judge Chin made clear that the proposed settlement was neither fair, adequate nor reasonable. In rejecting the proposed Amended Settlement Agreement (“ASA”) under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Judge Chin noted that it would:
BAPLA Meet With The IPO
At the end of last week BAPLA held a very positive meeting at the Wellcome Trust with some of its members and three representatives from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) ... Read more
Similar Photographs and Copyright Infringement
Temple Island Collections v New English Teas. Can the copyright in a photograph be infringed by shooting a similar photograph? Read more
Your Chance to Respond to UK Copyright: The Case for Change
You should be aware that the UK Government is planning to implement some changes relating to copyright and many of those are based on recommendations made in the Hargreaves Review. Read more
Views sought on UK's copyright licensing system
In light of the recent Hargreaves report and its recommendations on the state of the copyright licensing system in the UK, representatives from the creative industry are being asked to express their views on whether the UK's current copyright licensing system is fit for purpose in the digital age. Read more
Looking Forward in 2012
Crucial developments are taking place in Europe and around the world. A look back at 2011 will help us to look foward in 2012. Read more
Copyright in Portrait Photographs
The European Court of Justice delivered a judgment in the important case PAINER v STANDARD VERLAGS GmbH Read more
Pepper Stark five years of business
Starting with Pepper Stark, we have just celebrated our 5th year of business on 2nd June. Read more
iPad And HD To Lead Renaissance Of The Photo Professional?
Christina Vaughan, founder and CEO of Image Source and president of the European trade body CEPIC, which represents over 1,000 picture sources in Europe, was speaking to siliconrepublic.com during CEPIC’s annual congress in Dublin this week. Read more
Report on the first NLimage Fair 2011
The first NLimage Fair on Wednesday the 12th of October was a great success. For the first time, NLimage organised a fair for picture editors, art buyers and art directors. A good 250 image users made their way Amsterdam. Read more
Michael Brown becomes 'Friend of CEPIC'
I’m delighted to be one of the first ‘Friends of CEPIC’ because I’ve been an active supporter since the early days in Perpignan & Berlin, few of you will remember those early meetings. Read more
Google Book Settlement rejected
- Mar 29. 2011
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ByNancy WolffIn a much-anticipated decision on the proposed settlement in the class action among The Authors Guild, various publishers and Google, Judge Chin rejected the settlement.
Since the case was a class action, the court, and not the parties, must determine whether a settlement is fair, adequate and reasonable. In a very thorough decision, Judge Chin concluded that this settlement was not.
BAPLA Meet With The IPO
At the end of last week BAPLA held a very positive meeting at the Wellcome Trust with some of its members and three representatives from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) ... Read more
Similar Photographs and Copyright Infringement
Temple Island Collections v New English Teas. Can the copyright in a photograph be infringed by shooting a similar photograph? Read more
Your Chance to Respond to UK Copyright: The Case for Change
You should be aware that the UK Government is planning to implement some changes relating to copyright and many of those are based on recommendations made in the Hargreaves Review. Read more
Views sought on UK's copyright licensing system
In light of the recent Hargreaves report and its recommendations on the state of the copyright licensing system in the UK, representatives from the creative industry are being asked to express their views on whether the UK's current copyright licensing system is fit for purpose in the digital age. Read more
Looking Forward in 2012
Crucial developments are taking place in Europe and around the world. A look back at 2011 will help us to look foward in 2012. Read more
Copyright in Portrait Photographs
The European Court of Justice delivered a judgment in the important case PAINER v STANDARD VERLAGS GmbH Read more
Pepper Stark five years of business
Starting with Pepper Stark, we have just celebrated our 5th year of business on 2nd June. Read more
iPad And HD To Lead Renaissance Of The Photo Professional?
Christina Vaughan, founder and CEO of Image Source and president of the European trade body CEPIC, which represents over 1,000 picture sources in Europe, was speaking to siliconrepublic.com during CEPIC’s annual congress in Dublin this week. Read more
Report on the first NLimage Fair 2011
The first NLimage Fair on Wednesday the 12th of October was a great success. For the first time, NLimage organised a fair for picture editors, art buyers and art directors. A good 250 image users made their way Amsterdam. Read more
Michael Brown becomes 'Friend of CEPIC'
I’m delighted to be one of the first ‘Friends of CEPIC’ because I’ve been an active supporter since the early days in Perpignan & Berlin, few of you will remember those early meetings. Read more