EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS European Parliament: This year’s winner of the lux audience European film award is the Belgian-Dutch-French film Close. The film, directed by Belgian director Lukasa Dhonta, is about the friendship between two growing boys. The film has already been awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes and nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature. At the […]
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Almost 60 organizations from all over the world representing audiovisual authors and performers have expressed their dissatisfaction and concern about the long-standing status quo in Macedonia regarding the regulation of audiovisual copyrights and the impossibility of the Association for the Protection of Copyright and Related Rights – AZAS to start by collecting funds from audiovisual
Organizations from all over the world, which represent and protect audio-visual authors, in a letter to the Government, Assembly and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of North Macedonia, express concern about the long-standing situation and also provide support to AZAS. Below, we have attached the entire letter where you can see all the countries
Organizations from all over the world, which represent and protect audio-visual performers, in a letter to the Government, Assembly and Ministry of Culture of the Republic of North Macedonia, express concern about the long-standing situation and also provide support to AZAS. Below, we have attached the entire letter where you can see all the countries
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A working meeting was held in the Macedonian Parliament with the President of the Parliamentary Commission for European Affairs, Mr. Arber Ademi, at which the Director of the Slovenian AIPA, Mr. Gregor Štibernik, was also present. It was discussed the process of harmonizing European and domestic legislation, especially in the area of copyright and related
Within the framework of the two-day visit to North Macedonia, the Director of AIPA, Mr. Gregor Štibernik together with the newly appointed President of AZAS, Mr. Kastriot Avdili, signed a bilateral Cooperation Agreement between the two collective organizations. Štibernik stated that: “this Agreement protects the rights of authors, performers and producers of audiovisual works in
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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
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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
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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
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During the film festival Marche Du Film, in Cannes 2023, Kiril Gjozev, who was our representative, i.e. the representative of AZAS, had many important meetings, including a meeting with Mr. Arben Lami, Director of the Projects Directorate (KKK).
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