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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.

Issues - May 6, 2020

Europe’s cultural and creative sectors call for ambitious EU budgetary measures to get through the COVID-19 crisis

Europe’s cultural and creative sectors were among the first and hardest hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. They will also be among the last. Across Europe, almost all cultural activities have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely, while venues and retailers have closed with disastrous consequences for all creators’ and cultural and creative professionals’ livelihoods, as well as the ecosystem as a whole. Millions of jobs are on the line.

Issues - Apr 8, 2020

#saveEUculture – Open letter and petition

"It is our responsibility to protect and support the cultural ecosystem and creators all over Europe in order to ensure that they can continue to create culture, during these difficult times and in the future."

Issues - Feb 27, 2020

Position Paper: Stakeholder Dialogue Meetings on the implementation of Art.17 of the Copyright directive in the Digital Single Market

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.

IPR & Copyright - Feb 12, 2020

France: Report on “automated image referencing services”

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.

IPR & Copyright - Feb 4, 2020

From the usefulness of visual recognition tools to enforce copyright

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.

Issues - Jan 17, 2020

Germany up-dates ancillary right for publishers

On 15 January, Germany published a bill to implement Art.15 of the EU DSM Copyright Directive.

WIPO Begins Public Consultation Process on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property Policy

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.

Internet Piracy - Dec 10, 2019