Event Reports
The FIA Secretariat frequently attends seminars, conventions, hearings or other meetings of interest to the Federation and its affiliates. Although we cannot always feature, and report on, all these events, we endeavour to select and bring the most relevant ones to your attention.
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09.02.2023Joint 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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15.04.2020
Recommendations from the IAEA regarding management of the...
FIM, FIA and UNI MEI have again joined hands to issue a joint recommendation on measures to mitigate the impact of the current...[more]
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07.06.2018Can 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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26.06.2017Civil society gets it all together at 2005 UNESCO Convention
The UNESCO 2005 Convention on the protection and promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions is perhaps the only...[more]
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01.02.2017Theatre and freedom of expression in the Arab-speaking world
At the end of 2016, FIA was invited to attend the opening of the 9th International Arabic Theatre Festival, held in Oran,...[more]
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22.12.2016The Prime Role of Culture and the Arts in Society
The European Social Partners in the Live Performance Committee (Pearle* for the employers and the EAEA (made up of FIA , FIM...[more]
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19.01.2016Looking for a theatre in Madagascar? How about penguins...
If you Google "theatre in Madagascar" nowadays, all you are likely to get is information about a popular animation...[more]
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16.04.2015Three 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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10.03.2015Dark 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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02.03.2015EAEA Position on the TTIP Negotiations
In view of the current work underway in the European Parliament to produce a set of recommendations to the European Commission in...[more]
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10.12.2014Outcome of the Rome Opera Conflict: Reinstatement of the...
On the 25 November 2014, during a full session, Rome Opera House staff approved by 97% the agreement signed two days earlier...[more]
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15.10.2014How cyberlocking is bleeding the entertainment industry
A new independent study unveils shocking profits by illegal online services, known as cyberlockers, from advertising,...[more]
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08.10.2014
Europe’s Creative Industries suffer destruction of 400,000...
New study confirms a €20 billion value destruction and 200,000 jobs destroyed in the core sectors of the top five markets of the...[more]
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19.09.2014The 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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01.09.2014
FIA Attends Seminar on TTIP and Culture in Copenhagen
This seminar, organised by the Nordic Artists’ Councils, was a useful opportunity for organisations from the cultural sector to...[more]
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13.03.2013
Creative Australia: Australian Government Invests in Culture
“It’s not just the employment they bring, I see the artist as central to us as a nation and to securing its future”. Simon Crean,...[more]
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15.03.2010
New European Study highlights dramatic digital piracy trends
A new European Study on Piracy and its impact on the Creative Industries was released last week on the 17th of March. It was...[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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13.12.2005
New rules to regulate audiovisual media services in the EU
On December 13, 2005, the European Commission released a proposal for a new directive that shall set a level playing field for...[more]
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25.05.2005
3rd UNESCO Intergovernmental meeting of Experts in Paris
The third UNESCO Intergovernmental meeting of Experts for a new Convention on the protection and promotion of cultural diversity...[more]
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09.05.2005
4th International meeting of Cultural Professional...
The Spanish Coalition for Cultural Diversity hosted a meeting of all existing Coalitions to discuss progress on the negotiation...[more]
