The public consultation on measures to further improve the effectiveness of the fight against illegal content online will run until June 25.

On 25 April 2018, the Advocate General of the CJEU delivered his Opinion on whether a (visual) work first copied from a freely accessible website to a home server and then uploaded to another website constitutes a “communication to the public“.

On Thurday, 31 May 2018, at CEPIC Congress, Google will present the latest developments on Google Images "to strike a balance between serving user needs and publisher concerns" and how tools can be best used to search, find and make searchable images online.

The DSM Directive was published in September 2016. How far is the consultation process and has the Directive any chance of going through? Lobbying in Brussels Explained

The Copyright Hub is looking for a CEO to shape and drive its vision for the future of online licensing.

The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached a preliminary political agreement on the main elements of revised rules to apply to audiovisual media across Europe.

The International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) has named Brendan Quinn as its new managing director.Quinn joins the IPTC with two decades of experience in managing technology for media companies

That’s all folks! Entries for the CEPIC Stock Photography Awards are officially closed! It was another fantastic year with over 9,500 entries! Here are the final figures for the entries...

The National Portrait Gallery has enhanced the keywording feature on its licensing website so the Collection can now be searched using one or more key words. The Gallery holds the most extensive collection of portraits in the world.

CEPIC joins open letter that highlights concerns with the new Council Presidency proposals. Below is the letter that was sent to Deputy Permanent Representatives, copyright experts of the working group as well as key people from DG CNNCT (C. Bury, G. Abbamonte, M. Giorello), Cabinets (Jorgen Gren, Eric Peters and Manuel Mateo) and Pauline Rouch from the EC Secretariat General. It highlights the main causes of concerns, in hopes that the ambassador we recognize them and alters them to create a balanced market for creators.

On the 15th of May CEPIC will be in Brussels taking part in the Open Internet Project (OIP) conference. We will be talking on the seminar “In the aftermath of the Google Search decision: fair and equal treatment for digital business”.

The Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) welcomes the Commission’s Communication on tackling online disinformation. The Communication is a welcome first step towards addressing the major challenges disinformation raises and its root causes.

Creativity Works! calls on Member States to refrain from restricting rightholders’ exclusive rights in favour of certain online platforms; discussions on Copyright Directive must continue to resolve fundamental issues.

Former President of CEPIC and Vice President of DMLA, she is this year a Patron for Vote100, celebrating 100 years since Women got the vote in the UK. She is aiming to channel these experiences and energy to reinvigorate Image Source as well as share her experience of Start-Ups and Growth Businesses as a Speaker at the CEPIC Innovation day in Berlin on 30th May.

Footage shot by our (video) journalists: sports, politics, entertainment,...

Anyone who knows anything about photography will know all too well about David Yarrow and the success he has had in his career to date. Having published three photographic books including “Nowhere” “Encounters” and “Wild Encounters,” his impactful imagery of wildlife and alien cultures triggers powerful emotional responses in people – often awe and wonder.

The last descendant of Keystone co-founder Bert Garai Agnes Garai passed away on the 5th of April from a heart attack (AMI) while swimming. A private funeral and cremation took place on the 6th of April 2018, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Westend61 offer an easy-to-use service for anyone looking for images with a wide-range selection of images for every purpose. Here’s what Westend 61 had to say to Copytrack about their agency and experiences chasing image theft with Copytrack.

Please do not book any accommmodation through TravelEra as they have no business relation with CEPIC or the Maritim proArte hotel.

The World Press Photo of the Year honors the photographer whose visual creativity and skills made a picture that captures or represents an event or issue of great journalistic importance in the last year.

CEPIC along with over 50 other cultural orignisations have joined the campaign to ask for better funding for the EU cultural industry. After concerns that the culture budget was minimal in comparison to the impact and jobs the field created.

CEPIC will be attending this year's PIXDAY on April 12th, in Paris!

It is with immense sadness that Agencia Keystone & Grupo Keystone Brazil announces the passing of its Director, of over 50 years, Agnes Garai.

Copytrack plan their first cooperation for their blockchain based Global Copyright Register. As part of this cooperation, Photochain.io will be the first use case to untilize the service ran by the global market leader for handling online image rights.

SmartFrame have just released the news that they have sold their platform Pixelrights saying “This move allows us to focus our full resource on our unique SmartFrame technology and the delivering of our mission to Redefine the Digital Image Standard.”

Dreamstime, leader in stock photography, announced that it filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in San Jose, California against Internet online search advertising giant Google.

Photographer, Jonas Lemberg, accused the painter, Markus Andersson, of abusing his copyright after the oil painter recreated his portrait of the famed Christer Pettersson with the brush adding only a goat to the background. The verdict now questions the understandings of the copyright law.

CEPIC is pleased to announce that we will be attending this year's London Fotofringe! This is a great opportunity for us to meet and greet those in the image industry and introduce our work to those that it affects.

Google keeps users to itself, and no longer plays the role of an intermediary to direct users to the vast wealth of Internet websites. It captures them and directly offers content produced by others, depriving them of their intellectual property rights.

We're very happy to announce that Pyramide Europe has joined the battle against framing. Alongside CEPIC, EFJ, and EVA, Pyramide Europe are working to protect creators by highlighting and bringing an end to image framing/embedding.

The IPTC Spring Meeting takes place in April aiming to discuss and develop their ideas to support the rapid innovation of the media and the news industry in particular.

ImageRights President and CEO Joe Naylor has been appointed Chairperson of Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA) Technology Committee. The announcement was made by DMLA President Geoff Cannon.

CEPIC, the European Federation of Journalists and EVA for visual authors have signed a common open letter to the members of the European Parliament to attract their attention on the issue of Framing/ Embedding of Pictures. The jurisprudence set by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the use of framing/embedding technology must urgently be corrected by the European legislator.

In its Communication of September 2017 on tackling illegal content online, the European Commission promised to monitor progress in tackling illegal content online and assess whether additional measures are needed to ensure the swift and proactive detection and removal of illegal content online, including possible legislative measures to complement the existing regulatory framework.

Copyright “safe harbour” rules, drawn up a quarter of a century ago to help nurture early online commerce, are today distorting the digital market, profiting tech giants and leading to significant underpayment of copyright owners, a new US economic study says.

A view on Blockchain v. Copyright Registration in the USA.

Alfonso Gutierrez, Sylvie Fodor, Marisol Muniz meeting with Manuel Mateo and Sarah Jacquier, February 2018

CEPIC has received with interest the news about a cooperation agreement which has been reached between Getty Images and Google Inc., two leaders in their respective field.

Getty Images, a world leader in visual communication, and Google today announced an agreement that includes a multi-year global licensing partnership, enabling Google to use Getty Images' content within its various products and services.

The company has also redesigned its blog to help designers unlock the full potential of their work and get noticed

Letter to the Bulgarian Presidency of the European Union

KODAKOne platform and KODAKCoin cryptocurrency give photographers a new revenue stream and a secure platform for protecting their work.

picturemaxx, software specialist for visual content and the creator of the picturemaxx Media Network, now operates worldwide exclusively.

Copytrack, the blockchain powered copyright registry and enforcement platform is preparing the enter the second round of the crowdsale as the highly successful token presale comes to an end. The Copytrack ICO is set to go live on January 10, 2018.

CEPIC has a new member from Finland: The Picture Collections of the National Board of Antiquities

It is with immense sadness that Heritage Image Partnership announces the passing of its Chief Executive and Chairman, Sheldon Marshall.

The link to the decision of the European Commission on the Google Shopping Case is posted here.

The CEPIC office will be closed from 20 December. We will be back on Thursday 4 January 2018.

Werner Forman Archive has a wide collection of Native American images covering aspects of these vibrant and unique people and their lifestyle.

CONFIDENTIAL - On Thurday 14 December, there was a meeting between Google France and a number of press publishers in France (notably Le Figaro Benchmark and Amaury groups) , representatives of the press picture agencies (notably the lawyer of the Agence France Presse) and representatives of press photo agency associations and stock photo associations.

On 11.12.2017, the German group - BVPA led Google Images intiative - had a video conference with Google.

Protect Your Images on Social Media: a US guide from CEPIC member ImageRights

For companies wishing to hold formal, private meetings away from the bustle of the rest of the congress, we had a limited number of Business Rooms available to rent.

The Table Area is the largest networking area at the CEPIC Congress.

Sponsors help to keep the delegates fee as low as possible and are key to the viability of the Congress.

The CEPIC Congress 2017 will take place right at Berlin city centre at the Maritim proArte Hotel.

Thursday 23 November, The Danish media group Berlingske Media has signed an agreement on the sale of Scanpix to the Danish news agency Ritzaus Bureau A/S.

Since its inception in the 1960s IBL enjoys a solid market position, in Sweden as well as internationally. Daily newspapers, weekly press, magazines and book publishers are the company’s main clients.

From BAPLA

With the ambition of tackling another European project involving technology and visual data, CEPIC took part in the ICT Proposers Day organised in Budapest on 8th to 10th November.

All you need to know about the CEPIC Congress 2017.

The second edition of the Awards has been a huge success with more than twice the amount of images submitted last year from 226 photographers from 16 countries.We are please to announce the Winners.

We strongly encourage our members to take part in the EU public consultations.

After ten years running Visual Connections LLC, co-owners Deborah Free and Edward Leigh have decided to make the company available for acquisition.

With their new site, Biosmotion.com, the Photononstop Group can now offer a unique, multi-themed service offering more than 5 million HD and 4K video clips, both Right Managed and Royalty Free.

IPTC, the International Press and Telecommunication Council has a job opportunity: Managing Director.

A recent judgment in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC), in an infringement case concerning a photograph of Dylan Thomas used without permission for 17 days on a holiday cottages website, underlines the need for caution when it comes to costs in small claims.

Double Royal Patronage Now Announced: TRH The Prince of Wales & The Duchess of Cornwall

Copytrack will once again be represented at the DMLA Conference from 22 to 24 October this year and will be participating in the panel “Post-Usage Licensing / Found Money”.

Report to the CEPIC board on meetings in Brussels on Framing and Image Search Engines.

IPTC is looking for members and experts with experience in defining licensing information in a machine-readable way to help adapt IPTC’s RightsML standard according to the new ODRL Recommendation, which will specifically address the needs of the news industry.

The vote in the Legal Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament on the Report on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has been postponed for the second time. Why and what does it mean?

Werner Forman travelled the world for eight decades photographing many different cultures. He often captured images relating to music and musical instruments, and the Werner Forman Archive

BAPLA wishes to extend a big thank you to the speakers and attendees who made this year’s BAPLA FOCUS a success.

Confidential report on meeting with Google on 05 October 2017

On 9 October 2017 a delegation made up of representatives of the photo industry met up in Berlin with representatives of Google. It was the second meeting face to face in five months and since 2013.

The proposed legislation addresses a decades-old inequity in America's copyright system: a copyright system that that all too often denies individual creators and small businesses a viable means of protecting their creative efforts.

Twenty-three rightholders organisations adressed a joint statement to MEP Axel Voss on the "transfer of value".

MetaGer is non-commercial, run by the German NGO 'SUMA-EV - Association for Free Access to Knowledge'. It relies little on advertising as a source of income, instead being financed largely by donations and SUMA-EV membership fees.

Join the Content Authenticity Initiative’s exclusive members-only event, Authenticity in Journalism in the Era of AI, on January 29th. Discover how digital content provenance is building trust in news media and shaping the future of journalism with insights from CAI’s Santiago Lyon and the BBC’s Laura Ellis.

We are delighted to announce that the Bundesverband professioneller Bildanbieter (BVPA), one of CEPIC’s founding members, has officially rejoined CEPIC. This marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter in our collaboration, and we are very excited to welcome them back!

LA COLLECTION are delighted to announce that they have acquired the Kharbine-Tapabor photographic agency, which specialises in paper archives, old newspapers and books, postcards and photographs.

Registration is now open for CEPIC 2025! Join us in Juan-les-Pins, France, for three days of networking, expert-led workshops, and discussions shaping the future of visual media licensing—plus exciting new features like speed-dating sessions and a glamorous industry party.

With Meta removing fact-checkers in the U.S., the spotlight turns to Europe’s fight against disinformation. Discover why journalism’s role in safeguarding democracy is more critical than ever and what actions policymakers are urged to take.

Take action to safeguard creative rights in AI! The Write to Your MP campaign is now live, offering an easy way to contact your MP and support ethical AI policies.

As 2024 comes to a close, we want to wish you a joyful holiday season and a successful year ahead! This year has been a milestone for CEPIC, with a fresh rebrand, a global success at our Authenticity in the Age of AI event, and impactful advocacy work shaping the future of creative industries. We’re excited for what’s to come in 2025, including CEPIC 2025 in Juan-les-Pins, France. Thank you for your continued support—here’s to another amazing year!

CreativeRights in AI Coalition responds to the government’s AI and copyright consultation: Rights holders oppose the proposed copyright exception, emphasising the need to uphold existing laws and prioritise licensing. Transparency measures must strengthen enforcement, not undermine protections.

CEPIC has launched a redesigned website and logo, signalling an exciting evolution for the global voice of the visual content industry. The updated platform offers a sleek, user-friendly design, packed with resources, industry updates, and details about CEPIC 2025 – the premier networking event for visual content professionals.

Photojournalist Tomas Stargardter has assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief of the European Pressphoto Agency B.V. (EPA Images), effective today.

On 5th November photographer Robert Kneschke lodged an appeal against the decision of the Regional Court of Hamburg in favour of LAION e.V..