Copyright & IPR

  • CEPIC Statement on Proposed Directive on Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works

    CEPIC was founded in 1993 to present a unified voice to advise and lobby on new legislation emerging from Brussels. Read more

  • From Arrow to Arrow PLUS

    ARROW, How it continues. The novelties of ARROW PLUS. Why ARROW PLUS? Read more

  • CEPIC's Response to the Green Paper on Copyright in the Knowledge Economy (2008)

    Submission from CEPIC e.e.i.g. Read more

  • Response to Green Paper on Copyright & Neighbouring Rights in the Information Society (1995)

    Response of the Coordination of European Picture Agencies to the Green Paper Read more

  • Orphan Works EC Hearing

    CEPIC spoke at the Public Hearing on Orphan Works on October 26, 2009. The hearing took place at the European Commission. Read more

  • CEPIC Statement on the Google Books Settlement Agreement 2009

    CEPIC’s membership is directly affected by the Settlement. Read more

  • CEPIC Endorses Conclusions Of SABIP Report In The UK

    SABIP, the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy, provides strategic and independent advice to the UK Government on intellectual property policy. Read more

  • CEPIC Statement on Orphan Works directive proposal

    The EC proposal was rushed for publication together with other IPR documents. From a rightsholder perspective, it is in regress to the draft versions. Read more

Collective Rights Management

  • Response reg. Copyright Levies

    The Directorate General for the Internal Market and Services has asked stakeholders for their opinion about copyright levies. CEPIC has been invited to contribute its opinion. Read more

  • How Image Tracking Technology May Be Used in OW Legislation

    Getty Images and PicScout share with CEPIC their Policy Position Statement in relation to the Hargreaves Report and the Response of the UK Government to that Report. Read more

  • Collective Management of Copyright Across National Borders

    Response to the preliminary findings and policy options with respect to the collective management of copyright across national borders, working document from the 7th of July 2005. Read more

  • Resolution on Collecting Societies

    The resolution on Collecting Societies had been proposed at the CEPIC AGM 2002. Read more

  • Statement on Collective Rights Management

    With the growing number of collecting societies, there is an increasing need to define collective rights management as different European member states are permitting the collective management of different rights, so leading to a lack of harmonisation within Europe. Read more

Digital Content

  • 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

  • Results of CEPIC Survey on Orphan Works in Historical Archives

    Carried out from April to August 2011 within the framework of ARROW PLUS, CEPIC gathered information on Orphan Works from a representative selection of commercial picture archives specialising in historic material. Read more

  • EC Consultation Creative Content Online

    Submission from CEPIC e.e.i.g. Coordination of European Picture Agencies Press Stock Heritage Read more

  • Europeana: Next Steps

    On 15 November 2009, CEPIC submitted a response to the Europeana questionnaire, at least to some of the questions most relevant to our industry. Read more

  • EU Consultation on Creative Content On-Line

    CEPIC submitted a response to the European Commission on 5 January 2010. Read more