THE SCREEN NEVER LIES: IMPALA’S HELEN SMITH ON THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE VICTORY
It was a moment of truth for the IMPALA executive chair Helen Smith as she witnessed the crunch vote in Strasbourg. Here, Smith explains why Article 13 could now lead to closer co-operation between the industry and YouTube to grow the streaming economy…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES COPYRIGHT REFORM IN LANDMARK VOTE
The European parliament voted today to bring copyright rules up to date. 348 MEPs voted in favour, 274 against and 36 abstained.
JUST SAY YES - YOUNG AND EMERGING ARTISTS TAKE THE MIKE, DEBBIE HARRY AND OTHERS PICK UP THEIR PEN
Ahead of the European parliament vote tomorrow on reforming copyright, young and emerging musicians have recorded “Just Say Yes” to get their message across about a fair future online. The aptly named song was originally released by Snow Patrol.
THE BEAUTY OF THE BEAST – IN SUPPORT OF THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE
The beauty of the beast – in support of the Copyright Directive
Why the copyright directive needs to be adopted now as a package
Composers and artists speak out for the first time with managers and independent sector
THE GUARDIAN – DEBBIE HARRY (BLONDIE) SPEAKS OUT ON COPYRIGHT
This opinion piece by Debbie Harry was published in The Guardian on 22 March 2019.
MORE THAN 300 CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ORGANISATIONS CALL TO ADOPT THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE
#YES2COPYRIGHT
More than 300 national, European and international organisations from the entire cultural sector call for adoption of Copyright Directive
SURVEY – EUROPEANS ASK FOR MORE EU REGULATION OF TECH GIANTS
Two months ahead of the European elections, a Harris Interactive poll shows that European citizens want stronger regulation of tech giants like Google and Facebook. 6,600 people were surveyed from France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Italy, the Czech Republic, Greece and Romania.
OPEN LETTER TO YOUTUBE – EQUAL ACCESS TO YTS COMMUNICATION NETWORK REQUESTED TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIC DEBATE ON COPYRIGHT
Europe For Creators is asking YouTube for access to the same tools YT has used to promote its own messages on the EU’s copyright directive and article 13. The request is to allow Europe For Creators to message YouTubers and place banner ads on YouTube’s network, in the same way YT has done.
CREATIVE SECTOR UNITE TO ADDRESS EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AHEAD OF COPYRIGHT VOTE
IMPALA and more than 300 organisations from across the cultural and creative sectors representing authors, composers, writers, journalists, photographers as well as news agencies, audiovisual producers, book, press and music publishers, unite in calling on the European Parliament to adopt the directive on copyright in the digital single market.
JOURNALIST MARKUS TOBIASSEN AND NEWSPAPER DAGENS NÆRINGSLIV RECEIVE IMPALA OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD
Each year, IMPALA recognises a person, an organisation or an initiative whose actions had a major impact on the independent music sector. This year, the award goes to journalist Markus Tobiassen and the Norwegian newspaper Dagens Næringsliv for their exceptional work investigating alleged streaming data manipulation. The award was handed out to Markus by IMPALA’s Executive Chair Helen Smith during the by:Larm music festival in Norway.