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EVA Statement on Artificial Intelligence

EVA welcomes the “Proposal for a Regulation laying down harmonised rules on Artificial intelligence” (AI Act), as there is an urgent need to identify risks and regulate uses related to AI. [...]

11.05.2023|

EVA participation at WIPO SCCR43

Last week, EVA participated in the 43rd session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights. Several topics of relevance to EVA were debated during the week of discussions attended by national delegations, IGOs and NGOs from all over the world. Whereas the first part of the SCCR was dedicated to the “Protection of broadcasting organisations”, the second part focused on the issue of “Limitations and Exceptions”. [...]

20.03.2023|

European Discoverability Forum: a matter for all in the Cultural and Creative Sectors

On the 9th of March, EVA President Anke Schierholz joined the “European Discoverability Forum : A matter for all in the Cultural and Creative Sectors” at the European Parliament, hosted by MEPs Ibán García Del Blanco, Alexis Georgoulis and Niklas Nienaß, organized by European Coalition and supported by the Cultural and Creative Friendship Group. The event aimed at exploring the concept of discoverability and promotion of European works across [...]

13.03.2023|
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Roundtable – Best practices fighting online piracy. The case of Spain.

On 31st January, a round table was held in the European Parliament on 'Best practices fighting online piracy. The case of Spain'. EVA's Board member and VEGAP Director General, Javier Gutiérrez Vicén, contributed to the discussion by bringing the point of view of the visual artists, who are self-employed and, due to piracy, suffer greater damages.

02.02.2023|

Report – EVA 25th Anniversary

The report of the conference "EVA 25th - Ensuring a fair future for visual artists" is now available! On 28 September 2022, EVA celebrated its 25th anniversary with a special day dedicated to the rights of visual artists. Several artists, CMOs and representatives from European and international institutions gathered in Brussels to discuss the problems visual artists experience in their daily lives. The conference report is available here. Happy [...]

21.11.2022|

STATEMENT ON CJEU RULING IN CASE C-401/19

EVA welcomes the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on case C-401/19 as it dismisses Poland’s claim that Article 17 of the Digital Single Market Directive 2019/790 (also known as the DSM directive) would not be compatible with the freedom of expression and information of users of online content sharing services providers (OCSSPs), guaranteed in Article 11 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.

28.04.2022|
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EVA’s statement on Ukraine

EVA strongly condemns the unjustified Russian military aggression of Ukraine, and the ruthless and inhuman acts currently occurring in the country. In these dark times, we steadfastly support creativity as a means of expression that needs peace and freedom to flourish and uplift humanity. We say no to war. #WeStandWithUkraine

03.03.2022|

STATEMENT ON CJEU RULING IN VG BILD-KUNST CASE

EVA welcomes the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union on case C-392/19 as it clarifies when framing practices on the internet (also known as “embedding”) amount to communication to the public within the meaning of the InfoSoc directive 2001/29.

10.03.2021|

SOFAM SOLIDAIRe

SOFAM, one of EVA's members in Belgium, has launched an exceptional support fund to help members who find themselves in dire straits as a result of the current health emergency.

06.04.2020|
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Covid-19 will be catastrophic for Visual Artists. Let’s protect them!

This year started with an unprecedented crisis which rapidly swept throughout the whole world touching many aspects of our communities: health, economy, cultural events. Even every-day social relations are being restricted for public health reasons, to avert the expansion of the pandemic and finally get our lives back to normality. During this time of lockdowns in Europe and around the world, all economic sectors are impacted to some extent [...]

26.03.2020|

EVA at ArtOnPaper 2019

Every year, SOFAM, one of EVA's members in Belgium, awards a Prize for Best Solo Show at Art on Paper. EVA attended the award ceremony.

25.10.2019|

ADOPT THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE

260+ international organisations representing copyright stakeholders call on the the Council and the European Parliament to adopt the Copyright Directive.

20.02.2019|

Joint Appeal on Controlled Digital Lending

As working writers, translators, photographers, and graphic artists; as unions, organizations, and federations representing the creators of works included in published books; as book publishers; and as reproduction rights and public lending rights organizations; we oppose so-called “Controlled Digital Lending” (CDL) as a flagrant violation of copyright and authors’ rights.

13.02.2019|

Content for Education

A BALANCED COPYRIGHT FRAMEWORK IS THE KEY TO INNOVATIVE, DIVERSE, HIGH QUALITY CONTENT FOR EDUCATIONIt is important that educators can rely on high quality, validated content. Public policies should encourage the production of local content, which guarantees the cultural diversity and the autonomy of Member States’ educational systems. A rich variety of content produced by the publishing sector reflecting different points of view is essential to democracy and freedom [...]

07.12.2018|

Europe for Creators

Digital economic powers continue to profit as working artists struggle to make ends meet. By refusing to give artists a say and by not paying properly for using their art, current artists are being hurt and the dreams of future creators are being extinguished. The gap between the revenue generated by the Internet Platforms and the money they give to the creators, responsible for their success, is not fairly shared. But it’s not just the livelihoods of [...]

07.12.2018|

Resale Right campaign

The resale right is a fundamental right for authors of graphic and plastic arts. It consists of a small percentage of the resale price that art market professionals pay to them at each resale of their works be it in auction or in a gallery. The specificity of visual artists is that their primary source of income is the material selling of their original works. While auction houses and galleries [...]

05.12.2018|

SPEECH BY ARTIST AND AUTHOR KATE MAYNE

Kate Mayne addressing the Members of the European Parliament about the realities of artists' lives, in the context of the vote on Copyright Reform and the importance of fair remuneration for artists.

02.07.2018|

VOTE FOR JURI REPORT

The Legal affairs Committee (JURI) of the European Parliament has adopted the report on the Directive on copyright in the digital single market last week by a clear majority.

28.06.2018|

VISUAL AUTHORS’ RIGHTS TO DIGITAL VALUE PRESS RELEASE

On the 28 of February, under the kind patronage of MEP Giorgos Grammatikakis and MEP Therese Comodini-Cachia, European Visual Artists hosted a seminar focused on the visual authors’ rights to remuneration and recognition from their works in the digital space.

01.03.2017|