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.

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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.

Every April 26, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day to learn about the role that intellectual property (IP) rights play in encouraging innovation and creativity.

And the Winning photo is ...

Immunity of Internet Service Providers is also a topic in the USA. Nancy Wolff, legal counsel of DMLA, reports of a recent meeting at the Copyright Office in the US.

World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book, is an annual event the organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. World Book Day was first celebrated on 23 April 1995, and continues to be recognized on that day.

Announcing the CEPIC AGM. Documents will be posted in the Download Area.

reamstime, the world's largest community in stock photography, announced today that it has achieved two major milestones: 100 million images in its online database and over 500,000 contributors. Dreamstime has continued to experience sustained and rapid growth over the past 15 years, but 2018 represented the fastest increase in the number of contributors and submissions. This announcement further cements Dreamstime's place as a distinguished leader in stock photography.

Press Release on the adoption of the Council of the EU Copyright Directive. Following the signature and publication of the directive in the Official Journal of the EU, member states will have 24 months to transpose the new rules into their national law.

The European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on the proposed regulation on promoting fairness and transparency for business users of online intermediation services in February 2019.

As a founding member of CEPIC, FNAPPI is happy to return to the fold as an affiliate member.

LA COLLECTION is very happy to present you its new Website.

The 2nd big industry survey “image market - business trends 2019” of the German Association of Professional Image Providers (BVPA) in cooperation with the study course Photojournalism and Documentary Photography of the Hanover University of Applied Sciences and Arts under the direction of Prof. Lars Bauernschmitt delivers its findings.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered image search technology that makes it faster and easier to establish the distinctiveness of a trademark in a target market.

"On any given day, countless images are used all over the internet, many of which are stolen. Studies by IMGembed and Copytrack show that of the three billion images shared online each day, around 85% are unlicensed. That’s a total of around 2.5 billion stolen images!"

CEPIC welcomes the adoption of the EU copyright directive as the recognition of the important role played by online sharing platforms in the online eco-system dealing with copyrighted material.

Creatives and news publishers will be empowered to negotiate with internet giants thanks to new copyright rules which also contain safeguards on freedom of expression.

The Copyright Directive has been agreed by the European institutions and will be put to a final vote next week! We are asking you to lend your voice by following these quick, simple steps no later than this Monday, 25th March.

On April 1, 2019, StockFood GmbH will take over the German travel photo agency Look. All employees, including their long-standing customer advisors and photo editors, will join the StockFood team.

The relevance of IPTC photo metadata was underlined last year when Google announced that some IPTC fields would become visible for users of Google’s image search. It is a good time to review and compare the use of IPTC metadata with the results from our survey in 2010

Towards a Fair and Sustainable Internet For All. Time to Adopt the Copyright Directive.

The next IPTC Members’ Meeting will be held in the dynamic and increasingly tech-savvy city of Lisbon, Portugal from Monday 8th to Wednesday 10th April, 2019.

CEPIC expresses its extreme disappointment at the EU copyright Directive as we see that last minute compromises were reached that will directly hurt CEPIC members specialised in fine art, history and vintage photography.

Magnum Photos has announced the departure of its CEO, David Kogan after over four and a half years at the helm. Kogan is stepping down on 1 March 2019.

2 806 000 000 euro: the budget for 2021-2027 period

30 international organisations representing copyright stakeholders call on the Council and the European Parliament to adopt the Copyright Directive.

Submission to the Trilogue negotiators February 2019

CEPIC has joined a call of 28 organisations of the creative industry to adopt the Copyright Directive.

What trade organisations say ...

The OIP welcomes the French Competition Authority’s decision to order interim measures against Google, and urges the European Commission to follow a similar path

The Dreamstime complaint against Google filed in the USA is going forward.