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At its 48th annual general meeting held in Brussels in mid-May, the Association of Organizations for the Collective Management of Contractors’ Rights SCAPR welcomed a significant increase in collected compensation in 2022. Last year, SCAPR’s members, including AIPA, collected 9.3 % percent or 75 million more benefits than in 2021. In 2022, the 56 members of […]

The association for the protection of copyright and related rights, AZAS Skopje, at the Assembly held on 04/27/2023, elected a new President.   The previous president Saša Stanisić resigned from the position he held for the last five years due to personal and professional reasons. His successor in the next period will be the prominent

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS European Commission: The Commission has prepared a proposal for new rules in the area of ​​the unitary patent. This will be valid throughout the EU, which will primarily benefit small and medium-sized companies, who will be able to patent their inventions in one country, but they will be valid throughout the entire Union. This will make

European Parliament: The European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (CULT) supported the proposal for a report on the implementation of the Directive on Audiovisual Media Services in EU Member States. At the same time, the deputies called for a faster implementation of this directive, which would reduce the legislative differences between the member states.

On March 20 and 21, 2023 in Brussels, AZAS’s General Secretary Kiril Gjozev attended the SAA general assembly, as an invited observer. At the meeting there was a large representation of audiovisual authors from all over Europe. The main discussion of the meeting was to exchange information on how to advance the rights of European

Authors and performers support the development of digital technology, with which they can enrich their works of art and reach their audience even more easily. This also includes the development of artificial intelligence, but in this area it is necessary to ensure that the creators of this technology, who are increasingly using the works and creations

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS Official Journal of the EU: The European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission solemnly announced a joint declaration on digital rights and principles for the digital decade. Among other things, the declaration places people at the center of digital transformation, is based on solidarity and inclusion, guarantees freedom of