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CEPIC is involved in IP negotiations at European and international level and in technological standardisation in the visual field.Current issues include EU copyright harmonization and reform on the Digital Single Market, competition online, image search engines and the closing of the “framing loophole”, reform of collective rights management, respect of metadata, standardisation of image works identifiers.
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In this section, you will find current News related to the above fields.
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Commission to invest €30 billion in new solutions for societal challenges and breakthrough innovation
POLICY ISSUES CEPIC is involved in IP negotiations at European and international level and in technological standardisation in the visual field. Current issues include EU copyright harmonization and reform on the Digital Single Market, competition online, image search engines and the closing of the “framing loophole”, reform of collective rights management, respect of metadata, standardisation of image works identifiers. … Continued
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IPTC to Update RightsML to Align With W3C’s ODRL
IPTC is looking for members and experts with experience in defining licensing information in a machine-readable way to help adapt IPTC’s RightsML standard according to the new ODRL Recommendation, which will specifically address the needs of the news industry.
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Vote in JURI Commission postponed. What does it mean?
The vote in the Legal Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament on the Report on the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has been postponed for the second time. Why and what does it mean?
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Joint statement Transfer of Value /Value Gap/ Value Block
Twenty-three rightholders organisations adressed a joint statement to MEP Axel Voss on the "transfer of value".
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CW! Statement: What is illegal offline is also illegal online
We welcome the Commission’s stance that “what is illegal offline is also illegal online” – this is paramount to the protection of intellectual property and copyright in particular.
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Images, Search Engines, Framing
CEPIC and EVA invited to a "working breakfast" on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: Images, Search Engines, Framing in the European Parliament. CEPIC's presentation is now available.
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IPTC Conference at CEPIC Congress Berlin 2017 – An eye on the future – how will media search develop?
If you couldn’t attend the IPTC Conference this year, you can review the material from your desk!
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Reactions to the European Commission’s decision on Google Shopping
CEPIC submitted a ccompetition complaint at the European Commission in November 2013. In April 2016, there followed a second competition complaint of Getty Images. Google is accused of leveraging its dominant position in general web search to favour its own service: Google Images.
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CEPIC welcomes the Decision of the European Commission in the Google search shopping case
CEPIC looks forward to the European Commission intensifying its investigations in other specialized search services such as the image sector.
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Antitrust: Commission fines Google €2.42 billion for abusing dominance as search engine by giving illegal advantage to own comparison shopping service – Factsheet
European Commission - Fact Sheet - The European Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to another Google product, its comparison shopping service.
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