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CEPIC joins 70 networks & organisations to support Culture Action Europe's Joint Initiative to secure a fair share for culture in the European Union's recovery envelope.

In this post you will find from September 2023 on key documents of Creativity Works! These documents are for CEPIC members information and may not be published outside the platform.

We are thrilled to be able to announce with good notice the return of the CEPIC Congress to the stunning shores of Juan Les Pins, Antibes from the 14th to 17th May 2024!

This is not very often that we get feedback on our lobbying efforts. For this reason I am happy to share with you the testimony of Octav Ganea, who was on a panel at CEPIC 2023 reviewing the implementation of the EU copyright Directive.

In the context of the annual budget procedure for 2024, the Council of the EU has proposed to reduce the financial envelope of Creative Europe by 40 million EUR.

The current CEPIC’s Board 2 year term is coming to an end shortly and we will be seeking to elect a new Board.

On 5th September, the French Ministry of Culture is organising an AI workshop within the conference programme "Culture and Digital Technology: a Permanent Revolution?" presented by the think tank "Think Culture!" at the Pompidou Center in Paris. CEPIC, IMATAG, the Agency VU', the ADAGP, the Gobelins School, ARCOM (French public regulatory authority for audiovisual and digital communication).

At the CEPIC Annual General Meeting on 27th June, one of the decisions had been that CEPIC supports EVA in their negotiations with VEGAP. ON 02nd August, the attached letter has been sent to Carola Streul who is EVA's secretary general.

On 25th July the AI working group and the Board of CEPIC attended an exclusive information webinar on the Robert Kneschke v.LAION case. In this post you will find the link to the recording. The CEPIC AI working group is extending and as a consequence will be restructutred with several sub-groups. Do not hesite to contact us if you are interrested!

Europe has a unique opportunity to show global leadership on an AI framework.

Documents of the CEPIC AGM of 27th June 2023

On 6th July at 17.00 H within the framework of the prestigious Arles photo festival CEPIC will take part in a round table on the ethical and legal challenges around generative AI.

vAIsual Inc, the company behind the largest visual dataset collection in the world, today launched the first of it’s non-biometric datasets, consisting of over 130,000 images of elephants, dogs and birds.

Thanks to Activo the recordings of all the sessions is available!

It was a very nice, inspiring and friendly conference in Antibes with CEPIC (Center of the Picture Industry), who had asked me to explain how the EU Copyright Directive 2019/790 has been implemented in Germany, with regard to photographers' and image rights

[London, 26 May 2023] – Alamy, the renowned provider of high-quality stock imagery and innovative solutions, regrets to announce the departure of Alan Capel, Director of Transformation, after an exceptional tenure of twenty years. Alan's contributions and dedication have played a pivotal role in shaping Alamy's success and establishing its prominent position within the industry.

The Annual General Meeting of CEPIC will take place online on 27th June 2023 from 15 H to 16 H CET.

The panel was organized by GESAC, Authors Society (CMOS) , for 90 % music but the ADAGP is a member too, in addition to being a member of EVA.

The Antipolis Convention Center of Juan les Pins, selected by CEPIC to hold its next Congress in May 2023, is now certified ISO 20121.

For delegates of the CEPIC Congress 2023: using this link and facial recognition, you will find photos of yourself from our two great photographers: Kayna Baugh and Stephen Rafferty.

What is a representation agency for microstockers for?

EPA Images and action press have expanded their EPA global video service distribution cooperation to include the entire German-speaking region.

Premier partner for transformative brands, newsrooms and media companies joins as that Platinum Sponsor of Sofia-Antipolis based congress, the first technopol in Europe.

SmartFrame joins Partners & Sponsors of CEPIC 2023

CEPIC is delighted to announce that world-renowned photographer Boris Eldagsen has confirmed that he will be the feature speaker at the upcoming CEPIC 2023 Congress, to be held in Antibes, France from 10th to 12th May. Mr Eldagsen made AI headlines around the world when he declined the prestigious Sony World Photography Award only this month on the grounds that it was #AI generated.

vAIsual Inc, the company behind the largest visual dataset collection in the world, today signed a content deal with Vietnam-based Dragonimages.

In celebration of the broadening of our organisation, CEPIC is delighted to welcome Envato’s CEO, Hichame Assi to give the Keynote Address to open Congress on Wednesday 10th May 2023 in Antibes, France, on a Vision for the Future : Where Creativity meets Technology and celebrates a brave and inclusive new world.

In 2022 the European Pressphoto Agency B.V. passed through a rebrand of its name and is now referred to as EPA Images. In 2023 it becomes a CEPIC associate member.

CEPIC announces ground-breaking AI Day at Congress 2023 in Antibes in May 2023, at the core of Sofia-Antipolis, the first technopol in Europe, highlighting the Advancements in AI for the international Visual Communications industry.

picturemaxx becomes a CEPIC member.

Dreamstime, the world's largest stock photo community, announced today that it reached 200 million online files uploaded by its now 1 million contributors.

On 21st of February at 16.00 CET CEPIC is proposing a free webinar on the Licensable Badge. The Google Licensable Badge is a visual indicator that displays on images within Google Image Search results when the image is available for licensing. It was developed in cooperation with CEPIC and other organisations such as DMLA and IPTC.

This article links to the documentation for the EGM on 1st December 2022

… Covid-19 Pandemic photos dominate winning categories …

vAIsual Inc, pioneers in legally clean training datasets for AI, today signed a deal with The Middle Frame, a leading provider of stock photographs of Arabian people and culture.

Universal Images Group has acquired Marka.

On December 15, 2022, following a three-day trial, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California returned a verdict of $1.175 million in damages in favor of a photographer represented by The Law Firm of Higbee & Associates.

CEPIC welcomes one additional member in 2022: Vecpho, a microstock agency from Spain.

CEPIC is proud to announce that Abacapress is now an associate member of CEPIC!

akg-images have been appointed the exclusive global agent for the Werner Forman Archive collection.

Do you want to know more about the next CEPIC Congress in Antibes/ Juan les Pins? Come and join us online on Thursday 1st December from 15.00 H to 16.00 H CET.

Alamy supports Google development team with the implementation of Schema.org image rights metadata

This year again CEPIC is a partner of OnDAM Paris because DAMs are the backbone of picture agencies.

Germany’s leading photography agency and internationally renowned photography partner IMAGO, proudly announces the renewal of the long-lasting partnerships with CEPIC for next year’s Congress in Antibes.

CEPIC partners with KeyRetouch on Congress 2023.

This is an up-dated on the Licensable Badge initiated in 2017 thanks to a fruitful cooperation of Google with CEPIC. The image rights metadata framework through Schema.org and IPTC now covers copyright fields.

KeyRetouch, a long time attendee of the CEPIC Congress, is now a CEPIC member too. Read about KeyRetouch in this post.

Dreamstime launched an unlimited freemium plan and opened up new revenue streams for contributors.

CEPIC will introduce the "AI Ethical Guidelines for Responsible Re-Use and Production of VISUAL CONTENT" at the IPTC Photo Metadata Conference on 10 Novembre

As CEPIC we would like to point our members to the very worthwhile bi-weekly photography press digest compiled by our member PIXRAY Fair Licensing.

Nicole Donker will be the new director of Photo at the Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANP) from November 2022 on.

On 1st December 2022 CEPIC A.I.S.B.L is organising an Extraordinary General Meeting in Brussels. The meeting will consist of three parts, with only the final section being open to CEPIC members and to non CEPIC members. We will share our goals for 2023, including all the current and the new opportunities as well as detail of the 2023 Congress scheduled to take place in Antibes in the South of France in this final section.

The IPTC Photo Metadata Working Group is proud to announce the IPTC Photo Metadata Conference 2022. The event will be held online on Thursday November 10th from 15.00 – 18.00 UTC.

BRIA and Getty Images share a goal of developing tools that harness the power of AI and democratize the creative process. BRIA will provide updates on the features and tools that it has formed through this partnership as they become available.

Shutterstock powers innovation excellence by expanding OpenAI partnership focused on delivering the most advanced creative tools in the industry and supports its contributor base with launch of fund aimed at ensuring artists are rewarded for contributions to AI datasets

Artificial Intelligence has made considerable progress in recent years. New tools, new players and also new content have appeared in the visual media licensing industry - some of them are now CEPIC members. Also, legislation around the world is shaping up, as competition between trading blocks (mainly US, EU and Asia) for dominance in this area intensifies.

In June 2022 the Intellectual Property Office in the UK published its response to its consultation on Intellectual Property, proposing to amend copyright law by introducing an extended Text and data mining exception. CEPIC has now sent their response.

On 19th October Sylvie Fodor from CEPIC will talk about her association’s legal campaign against Google, and how this allowed her association to develop a cooperative relationship with the tech multinational.

The National Image Bank, part of the ANP, positions itself as the image bank for Dutch stock image with low prices and a simple license that allows the purchased image to be used for all purposes.

Jerry Tavin has passed away on October 6th 2022.

On September 28th, 2022 EVA Artists celebrated its 25th anniversary! CEPIC and EVA have been collaborating since 2099 on various issues at European level.

On 13 September 2022, the ADAGP has become the first CMO to be authorised by the French Minister of Culture to extend the application of certain licences with a bearing on use of works in its directory, particularly by content-sharing platforms, to works by artists-authors who are not members of its directory.

The Department of Photography of the French Ministry of Culture is pleased to inform you that the webcasts of the discussions and debates that animated the Parliament of Photography on June 7 and 8, 2022 at the Palais de Tokyo are now available online. We hope to see many of you next year on the occasion of the 4th edition of the Parliament of Photography.

?The results of our survey are in and we are delighted to announce that we have used the summer months to secure our destination for Congress 2023.

AI legislation gorwing

The European Parliament formally endorsed the Digital Services Act (DSA), which has been presented as a landmark piece of legislation to modernise obligations for online intermediaries and platform services.

CEPIC proposes a series of three sessions to support image businesses in up-grading their digital skills. CEPIC will be partnering with UpSkill Digital, a digital skills training agencypowered by Google.

Here you will find all the documents for the AGM 2022

Registration for the Parliament of Photography on 7th and 8th June is open!

AI Working Group: Useful documentation and resources are posted in this area.

Today we announce that PIXRAY has joined CEPIC as a new member.

My name is Paola, and I'm an international sales and partnership manager at IPA with 15 years of work experience. I have created international connections for the company back in 2008 and still enjoy incrementing new strategic relationships and developing new projects as well as taking care of our key business partners.

EyeQ is attending the CEPIC Congress in Palma de Mallorca and will be avaiable in the Table Area

IN this article we are summarizing the Anti COVID policy in Mallorca and at the Gran Melia Hotel.

Mobius Labs has created the new generation of AI-powered computer vision that is powering the future of content discovery and licensing.

JUMPSTORY from Denmark is now a CEPIC Affiliate member

Edouard van Arem is manager photo at ANP, the Dutch National Pressagency. He's responsible for all the commercial activities, including the image library as well as the creative content ANP produces for clients (photo, video, animations, infographics).

Mathieu Desoubeaux is CEO at IMATAG, a leading provider of digital watermarking solutions to protect businesses against unwanted use of their images and videos.

Over the last few years, CEPIC has been regularly engaged with Google to represent the interest of the photography industry. Google’s attendance at the Congress presents an opportunity for all image agencies and photo libraries to connect with the Google team, share feedback and learn more about how Google is constantly evolving its products to better meet the needs of the visual communication industry.

Dr. Eric Wengrowski is the co-founder and CEO of Steg.AI. He received his PhD from Rutgers University in 2019 in Electrical & Computer Engineering with a concentration in computer vision and machine learning. Prior to Steg.AI, Dr. Wengrowski has worked at Microsoft Research, Siemens, Kitware, AT&T Labs, The US Army Corps of Engineers, and NYU Center for Cybersecurity.

Andy Parsons is the Senior Director of Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI), which is creating the open technologies for a future of verifiably authentic content of all kinds. With collaborators across hardware, software, publishing and social platforms the CAI is empowering creators, journalists and others with secure provenance.

CEPIC C22's latest sponsor is FNAPPI!

Dennis is an entrepreneur by conviction. He is the co-founder and CEO of PIXRAY, a leading company in the space of image tracking on the web, serving many of the leading agencies, artists and brands in the world. Dennis is a nerd at heart and enjoys translating PIXRAY’s mind-blowing technology into real customer value. At PIXRAY he is proud to lead a strong, customer-focused team of talented individuals from six countries.

Ms. Naomi Sarega is the Supervising Attorney for The Law Firm of Higbee & Associate’s Copyright Division. She handles all aspects of copyright law, but primarily represents photographers and all creative professionals by helping them enforce their copyrights and protect their creative works.

Stefan Ploghaus, owner of Mauritius Images, passed away on 10 April 22.

Dear CEPIC community, we would like to share with you today's statistics on the number of participants, countries and agencies that are participating in the CEPIC conference in Palma de Mallorca this year.

Anna Dickson works with product teams across Google to bring visual content to life in their product experiences. Before Google, Dickson led photography teams at The Huffington Post, The Wall Street Journal and iHeartRadio.