Etienne Ansotte (c) European Union, 2016. Source: EC - Audiovisual Service
Dennis Frates /Flowerphotos
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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.

IPR & Copyright - May 9, 2018

Where are we with the DSM Directive?

The DSM Directive was published in September 2016. How far is the consultation process and has the Directive any chance of going through? Lobbying in Brussels Explained

IPR & Copyright - Apr 20, 2018

Creativity Works! works to improve rightholders’ exclusive rights in favour of online platforms

Creativity Works! calls on Member States to refrain from restricting rightholders’ exclusive rights in favour of certain online platforms; discussions on Copyright Directive must continue to resolve fundamental issues.

EU projects - Apr 9, 2018

Boosting the EU culture budget – A call from Europe’s Cultural & Creative Sectors

CEPIC along with over 50 other cultural orignisations have joined the campaign to ask for better funding for the EU cultural industry. After concerns that the culture budget was minimal in comparison to the impact and jobs the field created.

IPR & Copyright - Mar 12, 2018

Pyramide Europe Joins Open Letter Against Framing

We're very happy to announce that Pyramide Europe has joined the battle against framing. Alongside CEPIC, EFJ, and EVA, Pyramide Europe are working to protect creators by highlighting and bringing an end to image framing/embedding.

Google Antitrust - Mar 12, 2018

Finally act against Google’s anti-competitive practices

Google keeps users to itself, and no longer plays the role of an intermediary to direct users to the vast wealth of Internet websites. It captures them and directly offers content produced by others, depriving them of their intellectual property rights.

CEPIC, EFJ, & EVA: Joint letter on Framing to the European Parliament Legal Affairs Committee

CEPIC, the European Federation of Journalists and EVA for visual authors have signed a common open letter to the members of the European Parliament to attract their attention on the issue of Framing/ Embedding of Pictures. The jurisprudence set by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the use of framing/embedding technology must urgently be corrected by the European legislator.

Issues - Mar 1, 2018

A Europe that protects: Commission reinforces EU response to illegal content online

In its Communication of September 2017 on tackling illegal content online, the European Commission promised to monitor progress in tackling illegal content online and assess whether additional measures are needed to ensure the swift and proactive detection and removal of illegal content online, including possible legislative measures to complement the existing regulatory framework.

Google Antitrust - Feb 14, 2018