Events Archive
FIA regularly holds several meetings and events such as workshops, conferences, congresses, etc. Some of these activities are of more specific relevance to its regional and linguistic groups. We invite you to select the category of your interest and hear more about upcoming events or find out about previous meetings and read activity reports.
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04.04.2024
About the new EU regulation on Artificial Intelligence
Few people knew that the European Parliament, Council and Commission were in the process of negotiating a new legal framework for...[more]
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23.11.2023
FIA policy and practical guide with respect to Artificial...
Throughout history, performers have learned to live with technology, skillfully adjusting to change and seizing fresh...[more]
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23.11.2023
The EU struggling to lead on AI transparency and...
FIA and several creators' organizations, representing performers, writers, translators, composers, songwriters, screenwriters,...[more]
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10.10.2023
The EU AI Act must be built on the highest transparency...
Performers’, authors’ and other creative workers’ organizations at EU level jointly call the EU Commission, Parliament and...[more]
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17.03.2023
Artificial Intelligence and human talent
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ubiquitous, and its use, powered by ever-more sophisticated algorithms, is spreading rapidly. In...[more]
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09.02.2023
Joint statement from authors’ and performers’ organisations...
True culture needs originals: Transparency and consent are key to the ethical use of AI [more]
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29.01.2021
International webinar on the ratification of the WIPO...
FIA continues to promote the ratification of the WIPO Beijing Treaty by countries around the world, with a view to setting a new...[more]
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06.01.2021
Newly Released Private Copying Global Study shows Potential...
CISAC, BIEM and Dutch Society Stichting de Thuiskopie launched a new study 23 November 2020 on private copying systems globally....[more]
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29.10.2020
Private copying levies challenged once again in Europe
The private copying levy is an important achievement in Europe, where it generates fair compensation for rightsholders in many...[more]
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17.04.2020
April 28, 2020 – a historic day for audiovisual performers
On the 24th of June 2012, most countries of the world unanimously adopted what, to date, remains the latest multilateral treaty...[more]
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20.01.2020
Copyright review winds now blowing towards the EU member...
The final adoption of directive 2019/790 on Copyright in the Digital Single Market has shifted the pressure onto the EU member...[more]
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30.10.2019
The WIPO Beijing Treaty: a successful road from tale to...
Few performers in the FIA community are yet to hear of the WIPO Beijing Treaty, the new kid on the block in the international...[more]
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15.04.2019
Towards the finish line! A Call on World IP day for the...
Every year, on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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09.04.2019
South Africa and copyright
South Africa has a vibrant music and audiovisual industry. It is a recognised hub for international productions seeking to shoot...[more]
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09.04.2019
On copyright… and democracy
March 26, 2019, will be a date to remember. Not only because it delivered a long awaited, much needed - and bitterly...[more]
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10.12.2018
Joint statement: The EU urgently needs remuneration rules...
Proposed by the European Parliament and backed by a large majority of its members on 12 September, the opening provision in...[more]
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23.07.2018
Copyright review still raging in the EU
After a strenuous fight, the Legal Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament finally approved its long-awaited report, amending...[more]
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07.06.2018
Can performers get a fair deal in the digital age? -...
“Closing the real value gap for performers means introducing an unwaivable remuneration right for on-demand use.” — Murray...[more]
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11.04.2018
Celebrating creative women and calling for the ratification...
Every year, on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property...[more]
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09.04.2018
The WIPO Beijing Treaty: so near, and yet so far
After more than 20 years of stubborn lobbying and campaigning, one might have expected the ratification of the unanimously...[more]
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09.04.2018
EU reforms: the clock is ticking!
Time is running alarmingly short and the pressure to complete several ambitious reforms in the EU is increasing exponentially. In...[more]
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19.01.2018
Copyright reform and new broadcasting rules in the EU: the...
At the outset of the last year before parliamentary elections and a new Commission, two key reforms are crawling forward. Whether...[more]
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19.01.2018
Life Off-Stage: A Survival Guide for Artists and Cultural...
There is a wealth of resources available, both online and offline, to inform, advise and support artists and cultural...[more]
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11.10.2017
The WIPO Beijing treaty ratification: past the turning...
The WIPO Beijing Treaty must be ratified or acceded by at least 30 countries in order to enter into force and become a binding...[more]
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10.10.2017
Breakthrough for the dubbing sector in Hungary: royalties...
For many performers, as FIA members know all too well, the consent given to the incorporation of their performance into an...[more]
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28.07.2017
Sixteenth ratification and an ongoing worldwide campaign...
The WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances (BTAP) is a multilateral treaty acknowledging for the first time the...[more]
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26.06.2017
EU Copyright review: in the heat of the action
Two comprehensive legislative initiatives are entering their most critical stage in Europe, with both the European Parliament and...[more]
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26.06.2017
Cross-border portability of online content services now...
The regulation on the cross-border portability of online content services in the internal market was finally approved on June 8....[more]
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28.07.2016
WIPO Beijing Treaty: one new ratification and an ongoing...
Concluded in 2012, the WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances (BTAP) is an international treaty acknowledging, for the...[more]
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25.07.2016
WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market
Event report – 20 April 2016 - The creative content economy has seen radical change to access and business models for more than...[more]
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09.05.2016
WIPO 32nd SCCR meeting
The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is where member States meet to advance the WIPO political agenda in their...[more]
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20.04.2016
WIPO Conference on the Global Digital Content Market
The creative content economy has seen radical change to access and business models for more than a decade. The tensions between...[more]
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06.04.2016
Getting ready to celebrate World IP day and campaign for...
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property...[more]
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19.01.2016
Latest news about WIPO
After concluding two very successful new international treaties in 2012 and in 2013, dark clouds seem to be gathering again over...[more]
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19.01.2016
Pack your Netflix in your suitcase!
As part of its overall strategy to finalise the Digital Internal Market, the European Commission has released new measures to...[more]
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11.01.2016
Your performance, your rights: A new flyer and website to...
In 2012, the member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) met at a Diplomatic Conference in Beijing to...[more]
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13.11.2015
Annual Meeting of the EuroFIA Group and Audiovisual...
The annual EuroFIA and Collecting Societies Meeting will take place on the 13th of November in the beautiful alpine resort of...[more]
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29.07.2015
The EU Parliament and copyright reform
After a hectic negotiation and several deferments, the European Parliament finally adopted on July 9 by a generous majority vote...[more]
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28.07.2015
New European Study on Remuneration for Authors and...
The European Commission has just made public an eagerly anticipated study entitled “Remuneration of authors and performers for...[more]
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23.07.2015
FIA Declaration on Copyright for Performers in the Digital...
Most people spontaneously think of authors as being “creators”. Whilst this is certainly true, fewer people tend to think of...[more]
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09.07.2015
Chile and Qatar ratify the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
WIPO issued a press release today informing that the number of countries that have so far committed themselves to the Beijing...[more]
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20.05.2015
Update: FIA Manual on WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
The Arabic version of the FIA BTAP Manual is available for download at the bottom of this page[more]
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08.05.2015
EU Commission DSM strategy: some good but also a few...
Whilst the European Parliament was debating about a rather controversial own initiative report about copyright...[more]
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07.05.2015
Fair Internet for Performers campaign kicks off successfully
One day prior to the European Commission public presentation on May 6 of its Digital Single Market strategy, EuroFIA, FIM,...[more]
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05.05.2015
Promoting ratification of the WIPO Beijing Treaty in Asia
On April 27, our Federation attended a WIPO seminar held in Singapore to promote the ratification of the Beijing treaty among...[more]
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26.04.2015
Celebrating creativity on World IP Day 2015
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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26.04.2015
Celebrating World IP Day and calling for ratification of...
On April 26 every year, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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16.04.2015
Three Culture Ministers in the EU uphold copyright in the...
EuroFIA welcomes the recent declarations by Culture Ministers in France, Germany and Italy stressing, among other things, the...[more]
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10.03.2015
Dark clouds loom over the EU IP landscape
Performers and other copyright owners prepare for a long fight to safeguard their legitimate interests, as the European...[more]
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02.12.2014
AEPO-ARTIS Annual Conference in Brussels, 2 December 2014
AEPO-ARTIS is the European umbrella organisation representing performer collective management organisations. Every year,...[more]
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22.09.2014
WIPO General Assembly in Geneva, 22-30 September 2014
The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is a UN agency serving as a global forum for intellectual property services,...[more]
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19.09.2014
The impact of IP regimes on access to culture: IAEA joint...
FIA, FIM and UNI-MEI have submitted a joint response to the consultation of the UN special rapporteur on cultural rights on the...[more]
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17.09.2014
FIA will take part in next ALAI Congress focusing on Moral...
ALAI is an independent organisation studying and discussing legal issues arising in connection with the protection of the...[more]
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17.09.2014
FIA Manual on WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual...
In 2012, the member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) met at a Diplomatic Conference in Beijing to...[more]
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26.04.2014
WIPO celebrates World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April...
On April 26 every year, The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) celebrates the World Intellectual Property Day in...[more]
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24.04.2014
China ratifies the Beijing treaty !
Concluded in 2012, the WIPO Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual performances (BTAP) is an international treaty acknowledging, for the...[more]
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11.02.2014
FIA meets Asian governments at WIPO-SCAPR event and...
At a meeting organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Societies Council for the Collective...[more]
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10.02.2014
The Moral Rights of Performers Handbook 2013
How can audiovisual performers, and dubbing artists in particular, best protect their moral rights? A new FIA Handbook offers a...[more]
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26.06.2012
FIA delegates welcome the Beijing Treaty
FIA delegates were enthusiastic and hopeful after the Treaty on audiovisual performances was eventually finalised and signed in...[more]
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26.06.2012
The Beijing Treaty is born !
The Beijing Treaty is born! FIA celebrates as the Diplomatic conference adopts the long-awaited WIPO Treaty on the Protection of...[more]
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21.06.2012
Main Committee I adopts the 20 substantive articles
The second day of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference in Beijing began with a meeting of Main Committee I, the committee responsible...[more]
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20.06.2012
The Diplomatic Conference in Beijing gets off to a positive...
The first day of the diplomatic conference got off to a smooth and consensual al start, which augures well for the negotiations...[more]
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19.06.2012
The FIA delegation arrives in Beijing
FIA is sending a hefty delegation to Beijing, to see the conclusion of a negotiation that has taken more than 15 years to come to...[more]
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31.07.2011
WIPO AV Diplomatic Conference to resume in June 2012
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously agreed to reconvene the Diplomatic...[more]
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26.07.2011
FIA gains resumption of the WIPO Diplomatic Conference on...
The General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has unanimously approved a recommendation which moves...[more]
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10.11.2009
FIA’s response to DG INFSO and DG MARKT Reflection Document
DG Information Society and Media and DG Internal Market and Services have recently issued a reflection paper on Creative Content...[more]
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03.09.2009
FIA calls for equal extension of term of protection for all...
The European Commission is planning to extend the term of protection of the intellectual property rights of performers from 50 to...[more]
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10.07.2005
Music copyright: Europe focuses on collecting societies
The European Commission has released a study focusing on the cross-border licensing of authors’ intellectual property rights in...[more]
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11.04.2005
The future of copyright debated at WIPO: FIA upholds the...
FIA has joined other organisations representing industry and talent (film producers, record labels, publishers, musicians,...[more]