Creativity Works!, a leading European coalition of the creative and cultural sectors, welcomes the 25 November Action Plan on Intellectual Property as a way of “making the most of the EU’s innovative potential”.

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The agency La Collection is very sad to announce the death of Léon Herschtritt, on 21 November 2020 à Paris.

The pandemic is having a major impact on the creative industries. The Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative is a welcome sign of support for the sector, although funds have yet to reach businesses. The creative industries should be recognised as a key sector in the recovery funds.

Dreamstime, the world's largest stock photography community, with 33 million users and 148 million images to this date, has recently released its new Upload section. Re-designed and finetuned for its 670,000+ contributors, the new upload integrates Dreamstime’s proprietary PhotoEye™ AI technology, prioritizes features based on popularity, adds an accessible mass file and metadata import solutions and allows instant connection with the dedicated mobile app.

In the open letter 110 pan-European cultural networks and associations, including CEPIC, call the European Union (EU) and EU member states to protect culture as part of the coronavirus recovery plans and dedicate at the very least 2% of national Recovery and Resilience Facility budget to culture and creative sectors.

Next to similar EU level calls to consider culture in recovery programmes, CEPIC has co-signed a German call for the cultural and creative industries to be included in all EU support programmes and national development programmes as a driving force for the economy as a whole.

Many photographers who have entered the stock photo business in the last 5 to 10 years have trouble understanding why photographers who have been producing stock photos since the 1980s and 1990s are so unhappy with how the business had declined. I’d like to provide a little historical perspective.

Rightholders criticise Ministry of Justice on copyright reform draft. "The legal position of the creative industries will be further weakened in relation to global platforms and established value creation models will be deprived of their basis" they say.

On 13 October 2020, the German Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) published a draft bill for a law to adapt copyright law to the requirements of the digital internal market.

TopFoto’s archive is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifechanging financial boost from the government thanks to the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help them through the coronavirus pandemic

The competition authority in France has ruled on 8th October against Google confirming in appeal that Google must open talks with press publishers about paying to use their content.

The IPTC Metadata mconference will take place on 13 October from 17:00-20:00 CET and is free to attend.

In September 2029 the EU Commission has entered the hot phase of the implementation of Art. 17 of the EU Copyright Directive: the so-called "stakeholder dialogue", as foreseen by Art. Art.17-10. This section includes documentation relevant to the picture Industry.

Licensing model instead of upload filters: BVPA and VG Bild-Kunst are aiming for a comprehensive collective licence for the use of professional image material on social media platforms

On 25th September we completed and submitted the online survey for the European Commission study on the review of the application of the Orphan Works Directive (OWD).

The U.K.'s leading underwater photo library, Image Quest Marine, is making a splash with the official launch of their new website [link to www.imagequestmarine.com]!

Science Photo Library would like to share their latest project, which is part of our continuous efforts to keep your work on the radar of our clients.

After the breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing failed in July, Dreamstime is appealing the dismissal of the antitrust cause of action as well as those based in contract and California's unfair competition laws.

The EU Commission presented its plans for new digital laws on December 15th 2020. The current regulations for digital services and online platforms in the EU are 20 years old. CEPIC participated in the EU public consultation in August/September. All links and documents may be found in this area.

The Ashmolean, the University of Oxford’s museum of art and archaeology, has launched its new image library. Powered by Capture, the library boasts the museum’s world-famous collections, telling human stories across cultures and across time.

Thanks to all our sponsors and participants who made this first CEPIC public webinar possible.

Dreamstime, the world’s largest stock photo community, announced the start of a celebratory month to mark its 20th anniversary this September.

We're pleased to introduce Mike Holderness - Chair of the European Federation of Journalists Authors’ Rights Expert Group - as speaker at the CEPIC Legal Webinar on 10 September.

We're pleased to have Isabelle Szczepanski - journalist and COO of ElectronLibre - as speaker at the Legal Webinar on 10 September.

We're pleased to have Mathieu Desoubeaux - CEO of IMATAG, Ph.D., Digital Content Protection & Computer Science.- as speaker at the Legal Webinar on 10 September.

Over the past months, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and societies and has closed schools for more than 1.5 billion children worldwide. Dreamstime offers a 50% education discount to all educators and students looking for visuals to enhance their assignments, courses, or teaching materials.

We are happy to announce that Google has launched a new licensable badge on Google Images, in addition to other related features and metadata.

We're pleased to count with Dr Eleonora Rosati as speaker at the Legal Webinar on 10 September.

CEPIC's first Legal Webinar will revolve around Art. 15 and Art. 17 of the EU Directive. A follow- up of the successful Legal Worshop at CEPIC Congress 2019 in Paris is now open for registration.

20/20 Software has announced the integration of SmartFrame Technologies’ unique image-streaming technology into the 20/20 Software platform.

Join our sponsors and link your brand to the CEPIC Legal Webinar "The EU Directive - one year after. Where are we now?" on 10 September. Register now and save the date.

On September 10th CEPIC is organising a webinar to look at the implementation of the two most critical and controversial articles of the EU Copyright Directive: Article 15 (publishers' right) and Article 17 (creative content distributed by online platforms). Where are we now one year after and why should creatives care?

The European Commission has published a document aimed at finalising the stakeholder dialogue and setting out the Commission’s initial ideas for the guidance on Article 17 of the Copyright Directive

On 1st of July, the German Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection published a discussion paper on the implementation of Art.17.

Approaching the launch of the licensable image badge CEPIC members ahould be aware that a more robust structured data (Schema.org) validation tool (Rich Results Testing Tool) is now available.

Are you a cultural or creative worker? How are you dealing with the crisis? ACT NOW! Fill out and share the survey. Let’s co design effective policies!

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.