Secretary General's Digest After a great winter break with my family in sunny South of France, I returned early January to Brussels and delved deep into the technical details of the implementation of the AI Act for two consulta...

✨Read Cécile Despringre monthly digest, which summarises her and SAA's January activities!

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Meet our member: UFUS AFA Protection in Serbia Serbia gave the world 'Who's Singin' Over There?', still regularly voted the country's greatest film over 40 years after its 1980 premiere. Its director Slobodan Šijan is among the many authors whose ...

In our latest blog post, Annica Ryng speak with Stefan Gelineo, Director of UFUS AFA, and their lawyer Stevan Pajović about the working conditions, legal achievements, ongoing copyright reform and future challenges in Serbia.

👉 Full interview: www.saa-authors.eu/articles/mee...

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Secretary General's Digest It's been a memorable November! First, I enjoyed a festive celebration with SAA members and guests in Brussels followed by a strategic gathering in Skopje that put the spotlight on authors' rights in ...

Read Cécile Despringre's November digest!

✨ We marked 15 years defending authors' rights, held a Skopje seminar issuing the “Skopje Call”, continued shaping the Code of Practice on AI transparency, and now head to Geneva for the WIPO committee

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Welcome to Cato Kusters, the newest – and youngest - addition to the SAA Board of Patrons!

🎬 Discover Cato and her debut film “Julian” in Cineuropa’s interview: cineuropa.org/en/interview...

🔗Meet our Patrons here www.saa-authors.eu/board-of-pat...

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Joint statement on the AI Act implementation measures: A missed opportunity! Representing a broad coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers, producers and other rightsholder organisations, we wish to formally express our dissatisfaction with the publishe...

📣 The SAA has joined a broad coalition of European and global rightsholder organizations to express their dissatisfaction with the AI Act implementation package.

Link to our website: www.saa-authors.eu/articles/joi...

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Are You a Completist? #Discussion #WeLoveAuthors #authorspotlight #Blogger #BookBlogger #BookX #BookSKy #ReadingLife #WOYBS - Reading Ladies Do you aspire to be a completist of your favorite author's work? How many authors are on your completist list? Are you a series completist?

Are You a Completist? #Discussion #WeLoveAuthors #authorspotlight #Blogger #BookBlogger #BookX #BookSKy #ReadingLife #WOYBS readingladies.com/2025/07/17/a... via @readingladiesbc.bsky.social

🎉 Today, we're launching our new website! It’s designed to help you find what you need faster with fewer clicks. It has a smarter search function and a modern look for both light and dark modes.

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We endorse the open letter from 'Creators for Europe United', an initiative of the German Initiative Copyright (Initiative Urheberrecht), supported by many other cultural and creative sector organisations.

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With Barbara Hayes, we will continue figthing strongly against the theft of author’s work by IA compagnies, the consolidation of AVMS Directive and the extension of an unaiwable and proportional right of rémunération for author’s all over European countries #WeLoveAuthors @saabrussels.bsky.social

Copyright and AI: 7 recommendations to the UK (and the EU alike) On 25 February, the SAA submitted its response to the UK’s public consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence. The UK proposes to introduce an exception for AI training with the possibility ...

ℹRead our ‘7 recommendations to the UK (and the EU alike)’ based on the SAA's submission to the UK consultation on copyright and AI.

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Welcome to Inés Parí­s to the SAA Board of Patrons!
Inés París is a Spanish film director and screenwriter. She is Deputy Chair for the Audiovisual College of the SGAE.

Meet our 50 European Patrons here bit.ly/3I3y4a7

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AI and copyright: is a licensing market just a question of time? What transpires from recent news about Meta’s use of a pirate website to train its AI model is certainly not good news for authors. Indeed, very disappointed but not surprised, the authors have entere...

🧐 When it comes to AI & copyright, is a licensing market just a question of time? Luisiana Schiera, SAA Legal & Policy Officer, discusses it ➡️ bit.ly/4hT8Hrm

CMOs are best placed to ensure a smooth flow of remuneration from AI companies to authors, and it’s about time! ⏰

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Research: Consumers don’t understand AI yet AI is rapidly changing the way people are interacting with entertainment and companies are embracing AI to streamline operations and improve efficiencies in pro

Most consumers are aware of generative AI, but few feel confident they understand it.

Consumers want to know if they’re watching something made with AI.

💡 Interesting study advanced-television.com/2025/01/14/r...

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Have you started the countdown to the holidays yet? ⏰ The SAA Advent Calendar starts today! 🎄📆

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