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Letter to the Finnish Government demanding a correct implementation of the DSM DIRECTIVE
Dear Mr Antti Kurvinen, Dear Minister of Science and Culture, We are writing to express our concerns regarding the draft law proposal on the transposition of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive), which the...
THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL SECTORS EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER THE COUNCIL’S GENERAL APPROACH ON THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT (DSA).
We represent a broad coalition of organisations in the creative and cultural sectors in Europe, including music, audio-visual, literary and visual authors; performers; book, music, scientific, technical, and medical publishers; recorded music, film and TV producers;...
DSA: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND A STEP BACKWARDS
We are writing on behalf of a broad coalition of organizations, representing the creative sector in Europe. We represent musical, audio-visual, literary, visual authors; performers; book, musical, scientific, technical and medical publishers; recorded music, film and...
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We represent a broad coalition of organisations in the creative and cultural sectors in Europe, including music, audio-visual, literary and visual authors; performers; book, music, scientific, technic...
FMU, IAO and AEPO-ARTIS are writing this letter to the Finnish Government expressing our serious concerns about how the current draft aims at implementing Articles 17 and 18 of the DSM Directive.
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What is IAO?
IAO is the umbrella association for national organisations representing the rights and interests of Featured Artists in the Music Industry.
Our principal interests are transparency, the protection of intellectual property and a fair reflection of the value an artist’s work generates.
IAO is a not-for-profit organisation based in Paris that was officially founded in 2015 by its six founder-members: FAC (UK), GAM (France), CoArtis (Spain), Domus (Germany), Gramart (Norway) and FACIR (Belgium). The organisation is in the process of expanding its membership to welcome artist organisations from more countries across Europe and beyond.