Issues -
EP Cultural and Creative Industries Intergroup (2C2I)
A first step towards fair remuneration for authors in the digital world has been made! Un premier pas vers la juste rémunération des créateurs !
Etienne Ansotte (c) European Union, 2016. Source: EC - Audiovisual Service
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.
Involvements with other organisations include:
- WIPO (since 1997)
- IPTC (since 2005, liaison agreement since 2023)
- Creativity Works! (since 2014)
- FairSearch (since 2016)
- CICI Brussels (since 2017)
- The Open Internet Project OIP (since 2018)
- Content Authenticity Initiative (since 2023)
- In the past, CEPIC has been involved with the Linked Content Coalition, the PLUS Coalition, ICOMP
In this section, you will find current News related to the above fields.
Our position papers, key statements and other resources may be found in the relevant sub-sections or in the Login Member area of the Cepic website.
IPR & Copyright -
Meet The Author in pictures
Our thanks to CEPIC member Agency Belga and their photographer Filip de Smet who photographed the conference Meet the Author.
Google Images -
Criticism of the new Google Image Search
The picture industry meets Google in Berlin.
EU projects -
Antitrust: Commission publishes final report on e-commerce sector inquiry
Fact Sheet from the final report by the European Commission on the e-commerce sector inquiry and antitrust issues.
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World’s Press Calls on President Trump to Stop Targeting Media
27 March 2017, A new open letter to President Trump to reject his repeared accusation that media is the ‘enemy of the American People’
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Closing the “Framing loophole”: presentation at the European Parliament
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
Google Antitrust -
Open Internet Project Press Conference: “A New Fight”
Paris, 8th March 2017, the OIP announced a new complaint against Google for its anti-competitive practices.
Collective management of rights -
PICSEL becomes member of Copyright Licensing Agency
On the 6th of March, CLA welcomed two new members : DACS and PICSEL !
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Open letter to Google by German Association of Picture Agencies
BVPA's open letter to Google against its new image search format in Germany
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Google’s new format in Germany too …
Three formats of Google Images used to be presented: one available in Germany, one in France and one in the rest of the world. Well now the "new" version has reached Germany.
