• CEPIC 2024 - May 15 -17, in Antibes Juan-Les-Pins, France
CEPIC

CEPIC stands for the Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage.

We are the global centre of the picture industry.

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GESAC’s statement in view of the upcoming Trilogue meeting

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In view of the upcoming Trilogue meeting on October 24, GESAC has issued a statement emphasising the importance of record-keeping and transparency obligations concerning the use of copyright-protected content by generative AI models. These obligations are crucial to ensuring responsible and trustworthy AI systems, creating a level playing field, and fostering European innovation and artistic creation. Read on for the full statement.

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Empowering Image Rights Owners: IPTC Photo Metadata Standard 2023.1 Safeguards Against Unauthorised AI Use

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In a significant development for image rights owners, the IPTC Photo Metadata Standard 2023.1 has introduced a solution to the growing concern of generative AI using copyrighted assets without permission. Many rights holders found their images being utilised as training data for AI image creators, prompting the need for a standardised way to express that such use is prohibited.
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Vecpho Hosts Stock Media International Meeting in Bangkok: Uniting Professionals and Fostering Industry Growth

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Vecpho will celebrate an event in Bangkok focused on stock media professionals on October 28th, 2023. The main goal of this event is to create a space where we, as a representative agency, stock media professionals and stock media sites can connect and share experiences together. It will consist of a day with current talks, round tables, workshops, questions and answers to industry leaders, networking, presentation of new developments and much more.
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