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Ahead of the meeting of 19 June between EU leaders to discuss the Commission's Recovery Fund, 94 organisations representing the whole spectrum of Europe's cultural and creative sector have issued a joint call for strong and systemic support measures at EU and national level to recover from the crisis.

CEPIC has decided to postpone the CEPIC Congress 2020 to 2021 in the same city, Palma de Mallorca, and in the same venue, the Gran Melià Victoria hotel.

As US Congress is expected to update the Digital Millennium Copyright Act this year, Nancy Wolff analyses the long awaited Copyright Office report on 512 (c) of Title 17 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.

After introducing a series of features for their members during the COVID-19 pandemic and a weekly donation of 5% from all sales to the WHO’s Solidarity Response Fund in March, Dreamstime is now taking corporate responsibility further and adds a relief stimulus for its contributors.

The embedded Creator/Credit/Copyright notice as filled in the IPTC fields are now more visible in the Google Image Viewer.

Documentation for the Annual General Meeting 2020

For the first time the CEPIC Annual General Meeting will be virtual. This is the possibility for members and affiliates to attend, at least in part. The AGM is divided into slots that may be attended separately. A registration link is provided.

The third survey of the German Picture market has now been published. It took place in February 2020, immediately before the considerable changes in public life in Germany due to the Covid 19 pandemic. For the first time, photographers* as well as picture agencies took part in this annual survey.

Europe’s cultural and creative sectors were among the first and hardest hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. They will also be among the last. Across Europe, almost all cultural activities have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely, while venues and retailers have closed with disastrous consequences for all creators’ and cultural and creative professionals’ livelihoods, as well as the ecosystem as a whole. Millions of jobs are on the line.

TopFoto has secured exclusive rights to organise and represent this small but fascinating collection, much of which has never been seen.

The CEPIC AGM will take place on the 17 of June 2020 from 13:00 to 18 Hours.

Faced with challenges to produce high-quality video content at scale, new footage subscription provides content creators with efficient solutions to meet market demands

"It is our responsibility to protect and support the cultural ecosystem and creators all over Europe in order to ensure that they can continue to create culture, during these difficult times and in the future."

Munich, April 1st, 2020: House of Pictures, the picture agency for premium interiors, has been part of Image Professionals GmbH since October 2019. The Munich-based agency group unites various leading specialist picture agencies under one roof. The website www.houseofpictures.com has undergone a complete relaunch, presenting new agency content, updated functions and a revised, fresh design.

The Digital Medial Licensing Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Elaine Vitt as Executive Director.

Dreamstime, the world's largest stock photo community, with 29 million users to the date, announces a series of company initiatives aimed at helping their customers during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Despite the current restrictions on curbing the spread of corona virus, imago images will remain available to all customers and photographers. All departments are staffed and can be contacted daily by phone or email.

Two leading Industry organisations in Sweden urge the Swedish Government to support a project that would pay photographers to document the corona Crisis rather than have them depend on grants.

The present crisis is unprecedented. It will hit all countries across all sectors. Book Publishing and the media industry will be affected. Advertising revenues and assignments are likely to go down. The picture industry is predominantly made up of small to micro enterprises and self-employed photographers who will struggle for the duration of the crisis.

United Nations Global Call Out To Creatives - help stop the spread of COVID-19

BAPLA was one of the signatories of the Creative Industry Federation’s letter to Rishi Sunak MP in support of the self-employed in the UK’s creative workforce.

BRANDIT, a global domain provider and consulting firm, has announced that it’s partnering with image-streaming platform SmartFrame to strengthen its service.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. On 19th March the EU Commission adopted Temporary Framework to enable Member States to further support the economy in the COVID-19 outbreak. How this works and why this is necessary is explained in this article.

The CEPIC Executive Board is wishing you the best of health. We are looking forward to welcoming you from 29 September to 2 October in the beautiful city of Palma de Mallorca.

The Culture and Education Committee Chair called on the EU and member states to help education and creative sectors to mitigate the effects of containing COVID-19.

Please note your registration must be fully paid to access the participants lists.

CEPIC welcomes the submission of the European/ International Federation of Journalist which expressly mentions images (and CEPIC) on page 3

Scam attempts have been reported. Don't fall for them! CEPIC does not work with any travel agency or hotel booking system.

The Peugeot Endowment Fund for the Memory of Industrial History recently partnered with Photononstop to distribute and market the contents of the “Terre Blanche” archives center.

The feedback to the Beta launch the "Licensable Images Badge" has been overall positive.

This position paper was submitted to the European Commission in the context of its Stakeholder Dialogue on the implementation of Article 17of the Copyright directive in the Digital Single Market and the “guidelines ” that are being drafted by the European Commission.

Upcoming implementation will also introduce optional image-monetising functionality Capture Ltd, a leader in digital asset management for over 20 years, has announced the integration of SmartFrame’s unique image-streaming technology into its WEBSITE 3 platform.

Looking forward to drinks, tapas and networking under the Spanish sky.

While the debatable presence of images on the Internet goes back to more than ten years ago, since 2013, CEPIC, the center of the picture industry, has been pushing directly at the European Union level the idea that the Internet can't be a jungle where images are treated like a free commodity. It is exciting to see how Google has been progressing on improving the importance of pictures on the Internet.

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Emily Shelley has been appointed Managing Director of Alamy, the global stock imagery business. Her appointment follows PA Media Group’s acquisition of Alamy earlier this month.

The last meeting of the “Stakeholder Dialogue” took place on Monday 10th February.

The report of Professor Pierre Sirinelli on "automated image referencing services" (i.e. image search engines) has been published. The report proposes an update of the French law of July 2016 which imposed a mandatory collective management system on image search engines and whose implementing decree had never been published.

The acquisition sees the PA Media Group enter the stock imagery market for the first time.

Finding the right picture has never been easier Munich-based picturemaxx AG, market leader in the images industry, has equipped its successful media search engine with a new feature. The new Matrix-Filter in my-picturemaxx 5.1 makes professional image searching even easier and more effective. For the first time, all available special filters can be mapped using one tool.

Don't miss the Welcome Reception of the CEPIC Congress 2020 on Tuesday, 26 May.

The 6th Stakeholder Dialogue meeting takes place on 10th February in Brussels.

A recent government report in France has analysed how digital tools may be used for the The protection of intellectual property rights on online sharing platforms. It's a must read in the context of the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive and of Art. 17.

It is still possible to book a stand at the Munich Event PictaDay on 23. April. The deadline for reservation is Closing this week on 31 January.

On January 16th, the European Commission opened the year with the 5th of ist series of meetings within Art. 17-10 of the EU Copyright Directive. This is the third and last phase of the Stakeholder Dialogue.

Don't miss the largest networking hub for picture agencies worldwide. From 27 to 29 May in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

The European Alliance of News Agencies, strongly condemns the raid by Egyptian security forces on Anadolu Agency’s offices in Cairo, Egypt.

On 15 January, Germany published a bill to implement Art.15 of the EU DSM Copyright Directive.

For the third year running, imago images will be the Bronze Sponsor of the CEPIC Congress.

CEPIC is pleased to announce its collaboration with PicRights with a Platinum Sponsorship for the CEPIC Congress 2020 in Mallorca.

TI Member joined CEPIC already in 2019. We publish a short portrait here.

Dreamstime recently released its proprietary Artificial Intelligence technology (AI) to third party companies. Implemented on Dreamstime’s website in 2017, this technology uses sophisticated algorithms to screen and optimize images and uses machine learning to constantly adjust parameters to improve its capabilities.

Here are the time of appearances with presentations. If you have to watch one, then watch Facebook's presentation followed by questions. Images and why Facebook are not proposing any kind of protection for them come at 10.46 H.

The 5th Stakeholder Dialogue meeting takes place on 16th January in Brussels.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) today launched a public consultation process on artificial intelligence (AI) and intellectual property (IP) policy, inviting feedback on an issues paper designed to help define the most-pressing questions likely to face IP policy makers as AI increases in importance.

The fourth meeting of the stakeholder dialogue takes place in Brussels on December 16th

BAPLA, a trade association representing picture libraries and agencies in the UK, has released its Online Copyright Infringement Report based on data collected in the autumn of 2019.

Fotofringe London has announced the 10th Anniversary show date as Thursday 23 April 2020, with the event now live for visitor booking.

Here in the Werner Forman Archive we have some beautiful examples of calligraphy from all over the globe. Here are a few interesting items from our wide range of written works.

The third stakeholder dialogue took place in Brussels on Monday 25th November.

ddp images and abaca press are happy to announce they acquired STELLA Pictures in Stockholm.

Capture, a leading digital asset management provider, announces a significant strengthening of its management team as it gears up for the next chapter of growth, and advances towards its 20-year anniversary as a solution provider for some of the world’s leading brands.

Media and art researchers are invited to log in or register for an account today for access to award-winning images including exclusive content

The third Stakeholder Dialogue is taking place in Brussels on the 25th November.

Stakeholders representing the creative sector in Brussels have signed an open letter in support of a raise of the EU budget allocated to Creative Europe, a programme aimed at supporting the cultural and creative sectors within the EU.

SAPHIR is the trade association of news picture agencies in France. It brings together 12 agencies, including AFP, AP, Reuters.

The 7th Copyright Conference on 11 November in Berlin focused on the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive in Germany.

The CEPIC Congress programme + PIXDAY programme in 2019.

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Following a positive vote by the Paris Council, the City of Paris has just granted Photononstop Group, for a period of five years, the cultural promotion and commercial exploitation of the digital reproductions of two heritage photographic collections: Roger-Viollet and France-Soir.

Profit from discounted rates at the Congress venue 2020 booking via CEPIC. Only for CEPIC Congress delegates.

On 5th November CEPIC participated in the Second Meeting of the Stakeholder Dialogue on the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive. The objective of this high level meeting is to hear stakeholders' views and to discuss possible practical solutions for the application of Article 17. The European Commission will establish rules for "Best Practices".

At Adobe MAX, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced on 4th Nov. the Content Authenticity Initiative, along with The New York Times Company (NYSE:NYT) and Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), aimed at developing an industry standard for digital content attribution.

On 5th November the European Commission is organising the second “stakeholder meeting” on the implementation of Article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive.

The next Congress in 2020 will take place from the 27 to the 29 of May at the Gran Meliá Victoria in Palma de Mallorca with the Welcome Reception on the 26 of May.

From 27 to 29 October 2019 the DMLA conference takes place in the Mariott Hotel in Los Angeles. CEPIC will be there. CEPIC President Alfonso Gutierrez will be on the round table "Platforms & Search: European & News Publishers Perspective"

DMLA has been working on this bill along with the Copyright Alliance and a group of other visual associations over the last ten years and it is great to see all the hard work pay off.

The first "Stakeholder Dialogue" on the implementation of Art.17 of the EU Copyright Directive took place in Brussels on 15 October 2019.

France is the first country to have implemented in part the EU Copyright Directive by introducing the press publishers right in July 2019. This right gives press publishers and press agencies the right to demand remuneration for short digital publications such as snippets showed in Google News.

On 15 October the European Commission is organising the first stakeholder meeting on the implementation of Article 17 of the EU Copyright Directive.

Today, President-elect Ursula von der Leyen presented her team and the new structure of the next European Commission.

Science Photo Library (SPL), the world’s leading source of science and medicine content and Sucré Salé, one of France’s leading photo agencies, announced today a strategic partnership to deliver SPL’s collection of scientific images and videos to the French market.

The Munich-based media service provider StockFood GmbH is given a new company name by Sep.1st, 2019: StockFood becomes Image Professionals. The company, which originally focused on food photography, has continuously expanded its scope of business in recent years and is now emerging with a new company name. Image Professionals will bring together all of the company's specialized agencies and services. However, only the company is being renamed. StockFood, the food photo agency, will remain unaffected.

SmartFrame is pleased to offer CEPIC members and those that attended the CEPIC Congress in June a Pro 60 account and installation of the SmartFrame Embed Widget at no cost.

A copyright case that is going to be heard before the U.S. Supreme Court in November this year will determine whether states should be liable for damages under the Copyright Act

What is the World Photography Day?

New production service at StockFood: the Munich-based food experts, whose international brand is synonymous with professional food photography, are expanding their portfolio to include commissioned productions. The website www.stockfoodstudios.com offers this new service.

A number of alarmist articles, tweets and posts have been published in July on how "Facebook Embeds 'Hidden Codes' To Track Who Sees And Shares Your Photos". IPTC looked into the issue. Find their Response here.

CEPIC welcomes their new member Pixway, in France.

The widely acclaimed 'Anthology of (Great)stock Poetry' campaign by local visual services provider, Greatstock, was recently shortlisted for two awards at Cannes. It was the only South African campaign to be shortlisted in the Direct Mail and Copywriting categories.