Dear Prime Minister Borissov,
Dear Minister Pavlova,
Dear Minister Banov,
We represent musical, audio-visual, literary, visual authors; performers; book, press, musical, scientific, technical and medical publishers; recorded music, film and TV producers; football leagues; broadcasters; distributors and photo agencies.
These are at the very heart of Europe’s creative sector.
We have formed an alliance to campaign for a solution to a major problem which is holding back our sector and jeopardising future sustainability - the Transfer of Value, otherwise known as the Value Gap.
Please find enclosed our joint statement calling the Bulgarian presidency to achieve an effective solution to this issue in the context of the Council work on the proposed Copyright Directive.
Yours sincerely,
ACT - The Association of Commercial Television in Europe.
CEPIC - Center of the Picture Industry.
CEPI TV - The European Coordination of Independent Producers.
CIAGP - The International Council of Creators of Graphic, Plastic and Photographic Arts.
CIAM - The International Council of Music Authors.
CISAC - The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers.
ECSA - The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance.
EPC - The European Publishers Council.
EPFL - The official representative and the common voice of the major 32 European Professional Football Leagues and more than 900 Football Clubs across Europe.
EUROCINEMA - Representing the interests of film and television producers.
EUROPA DISTRIBUTION - The European network of independent film distributors.
FEP – The Federation of European Publishers.
FIAD - The International Federation of Film Distributors’ Associations.
GESAC – The European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers.
IAO – International Artist Organisation of Music.
ICMP - Representing the interests of the music publishing community internationally.
IFPI – Representing the recording industry worldwide.
IMPALA - The European association of independent music companies.
IMPF - The Independent Music Publishers Forum.
SAA - The Society of Audiovisual Authors.
STM - The global trade association for academic and professional publishers.
Tf1 - Media group.
W&DW - Writers & Directors Worldwide.