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.

Get the best value for your money with the lowest fees to attend the CEPIC Congress in Mallorca.

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.

Thanks to our sponsors and partners in 2019!

Fees and registration 2019

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.

This post contains the latest available surveys on the photographic Industry.

The platform-to-business regulation has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Ursula von der Leyen has set policy guidelines and her "digital agenda" prior to the vote of the European Parliament on 16.07.2019

The German Supreme Court has recently referred to the CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union) in a case that will add to the plentyful jurisprudence on "Framing". Why this matters?

Chiaroscuro: The Magic of Light and Shadows

The platform-to-business Regulation was adopted on 20 June 2019.

Tax authorities around the world are trying to understand the fundamental drivers of the digital transformation of the global economy, with the aim of ensuring that companies are taxed where value is created. This article is regularly up-dated.

We want to thank you for attending the CEPIC Congress in Paris! Our time together was productive and fun and your presence helped to make this event a great success.

Neighbouring right for photographs in Switzerland

Common action works! Here is an example why we should unite forces and should not be afraid when the goal is right.

The participants list and presentations made at the "Legal and Strategic Workshop" organised by CEPIC on 07.06.2019 are available for CEPIC members in this post.

What are the legal battle fields in Brussels? This post is being regularly up-dated with new information.

Major news agencies are downscaling their coverage of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Football Convention starting Thursday because the sports body insists it owns the copyright to video news content produced by news organisations.

The SNAPIG (National Union of Photographic Agencies of General Illustration), French national association member of our coordination, has brought to CEPIC's knowledge the project envisaged by major French museums to start "Open Access" for the high-definition photographic reproductions of their collections.

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Discovery into Google’s search and advertising practices as related to Dreamstime is now underway, with trial set for May 25, 2020.

Getty Images and APO Group announce strategic partnership to provide innovative and integrated text, photo and video services to companies operating in Africa and the Middle East

On 04.06 the Board of CEPIC was renewed.

PAJ (Photographers, Authors, Journalists) in France is the new affiliate member of CEPIC. PAJ represents photographers.

What is CASE? The new copyright legislation,will create a small-claims process for creators and businesses whose work is infringed to be heard by a tribunal within the Copyright Office.

In reaction to the DG Comp Director General Johannes Laitenberg’s comment at the ICN Annual Conference on Google’s compliance with the Google Search prohibition decision, the Open Internet Project (OIP) reemphasises the importance of the decision and the respective compliance mechanism as a landmark precedent for the entire European digital market.

TSBA Group is pleased to announce the addition of the internationally renowned National Portrait Gallery, London, to its roster of English heritage brands.

Dr Eleonora Rosati will be giving a presentation on Friday, June 7th at 10:00 on the EU Copyright Directive. There will be a chance to ask questions afterwards.

155837602417761205 (1) Mathieu Desoubeaux will be speaking at the Technological Solutions for the European Copyright Directive and the Fight Against Fake News seminar on Thursday, June 6th at 9:30 to 11:30am.

Documentation for CEPIC AGM 2019. This post is up-dated.

The EU Copyright Directive has been published on the Official Journal of the EU.

"No democracy is complete without access to transparent and reliable information. It is the cornerstone for building fair and impartial institutions, holding leaders accountable and speaking truth to power." — António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

akg-images is proud to announce the acquisition of Historic Maps archive, one of the world’s largest collections of maps, engravings, photographs and city views of Germany, Europe, America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Why do you need to buy credits if you only want to buy one photo from certain stock photography websites? It would seem much simpler just choosing the photo you need and paying for it using your Credit Card or PayPal. This is what agefotostock has done with their Low Budget Royalty Free offer, easyFotostock.

OIP’s participation at the debate with the French candidates for the upcoming EU election was a great success.