The European professional organisations of the audiovisual and cultural sectors welcome the clarifications brought by the EU Parliament on Article 20 and recital 38 of the European Media Freedom Act, voted in plenary on 3 October. It clarifies that the provision should not be used to challenge or weaken ambitious cultural policies set out by Member States to promote European audiovisual creation.
Les industries des secteurs culturels et créatifs (CCSI) adressent aux Etats membres de l’UE et au Conseil de l’UE leurs craintes concernant la proposition de réduction de 40 millions d’euros du budget d’Europe créative 2024. Une telle réduction affaiblira considérablement le programme Europe Créative, la seule enveloppe de financement de l’UE dédiée à la coopération culturelle européenne. Les cosignataires espèrent vivement que le Conseil reconsidérera les coupes budgétaires actuelles et contribuera plutôt à renforcer le programme Europe Créative pour l’année 2024 et suivantes, conformément à la position exprimée par la commission CULT du Parlement européen qui a demandé une augmentation de 43 millions d’euros pour l’année prochaine.
Joint Letter of Concern – Creative Europe 2024 Budget Cuts_04.09.2023_EN
Une large coalition d’organisations européennes et nationales des secteurs de l’audiovisuel et de la culture appelle les co-législateurs de l’UE à réviser l’article 20 de l’EMFA afin de garantir des conditions durables pour la création audiovisuelle locale à travers l’Europe…
Télécharger la lettre ouverte ici: EMFA – Open letter – 09.06.2023_maj_16.06.2023
We, organisations representing European audiovisual screenwriters, directors, composers, producers, distributors and sales agents, take this opportunity to insist on the importance of the AVMS Directive as the cornerstone of cultural regulations fostering European audiovisual creation, production and distribution.
The conference, co-developed by the European Audiovisual Production Association (CEPI); EUROCINEMA; Europa Distribution; Europa International; the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF); the International Federation of Film Distributors’ and Publishers’ Association (FIAD); the Federation of European Screen Directors (FERA); the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE); the International Video Federation (IVF); and the International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), took place at Marché du Film – Cannes Film Festival on Monday 23 May 2022;
The debate showed that the core concept to be promoted by European, national and regional decision-makers remains freedom of choice to take risks on diverse stories and their production models, their diverse and tailor-made promotion and distribution strategies, with cinemas as an essential part of the ecology. This is an essential factor for preserving the art of cinema as well as the plurality of the players involved in the creation, production, distribution and exhibition of films in Europe. 24.05.2022 Cannes – Constant Gardeners statement Continue reading
Monday 23 May, 2022, 14:00-16:00 CET – Riviera, Palais des Festival, Cannes
CANNES UPDATED PROGRAMME
Les organisations signataires, représentant les principales parties prenantes de la chaîne de valeur de la création, de la production et de la distribution cinématographiques et audiovisuelles, se félicitent des conclusions de l’Observatoire qui confirment une large disponibilité et circulation des productions audiovisuelles européennes non nationales, ouvrant ainsi la voie à une fin heureuse du dialogue entre les parties prenantes sur l’accès et la disponibilité du contenu audiovisuel dans l’UE.
AV Sector Joint Statment EAO Report Circulation-films_13.04.22
Digital Services Act: Know Your Business Customer obligations must apply to all intermediary service providers to offer a meaningful tool for tackling illegal activities and products online.
In a responsible and mature economy, businesses should not be able to operate and have access to the modern necessary infrastructure Europe has to offer without accurately identifying themselves. This applies equally to the offline and to the online world, which is why in 2000 legislation introduced an obligation on businesses to identify themselves on their websites (see Article 5 of the e-Commerce Directive (ECD)). Unfortunately (and unsurprisingly) businesses that have the intention of making a profit out of illegal content do not comply with this obligation and do not suffer consequences.
This letter focuses on the “Know Your Business Customer” (KYBC) obligations of the proposal, the signatories of this letter may also be in touch with you independently on this and other important elements of the DSA.
Limiting KYBC obligations to the context of online marketplaces is a missed opportunity to address the broad range of illegal content and counterfeit, unsafe, non-compliant and substandard products online (…)
(… read the whole letter: KYBC letter 18 Feb 2022-updated)
Nous, acteurs de toutes les industries culturelles et créatives en France, ne pouvons assister en silence à la remise en cause des acquis obtenus depuis 20 ans en matière de protection de nos droits sur Internet en pleine Présidence française de l’Union européenne. Le Digital Services Act ambitionne de renforcer la responsabilité et le devoir de diligence de tous les services numériques ; c’est-à-dire de réguler les contenus en ligne et de protéger les citoyens contre les contenus illicites. Les intentions sont là. Et pour l’instant, les actes disent le contraire.
DSA_L’Europe entre les mains des géants du Net_màj 61orgas_11.02.2022
The undersigned organisations representing the creative and business communities of the film and audiovisual sector in Europe regret that the European Parliament plenary vote on the Digital Services Act failed to achieve the stated goal of making internet intermediaries more accountable and creating a safer, better-functioning online environment for everyone. Although the European Parliament intended to broaden the KYBC provision to apply to all online intermediaries, the due diligence obligations remain too weak and narrow. Critical elements, such as the immediate removal of illegal content and an enforceable trusted flagger mechanism should be improved in the upcoming trilogue negotiations.