Bolster European players and force global internet giants to adhere to local fiscal and financial obligations related to culture, say directors.
Europe’s top filmmakers are urging the European Commission to consider alternatives to its proposed Digital Single Market (Dsm) to bolster the circulation of creative works across borders within the European Union.
“As copyright’s core principals are being questioned by some who erroneously think they hinder culture’s availability, we want to set out a new way of exhibiting cinema,” read the statement.
Their proposals come in response to the European Commission plans for a Digital Single Market (Dsm), which would involve overhauling copyright legislation – a move TV and film professionals across the region argue will destroy current financing models and leave Europe’s creative industries in tatters.
More than 20 top directors signed the proposals, including Oscar-winning Michel Hazanavicius and Paolo Sorrentino as well as Palme d’Or laureates Ken Loach and Cristian Mungiu.
“We...
Europe’s top filmmakers are urging the European Commission to consider alternatives to its proposed Digital Single Market (Dsm) to bolster the circulation of creative works across borders within the European Union.
“As copyright’s core principals are being questioned by some who erroneously think they hinder culture’s availability, we want to set out a new way of exhibiting cinema,” read the statement.
Their proposals come in response to the European Commission plans for a Digital Single Market (Dsm), which would involve overhauling copyright legislation – a move TV and film professionals across the region argue will destroy current financing models and leave Europe’s creative industries in tatters.
More than 20 top directors signed the proposals, including Oscar-winning Michel Hazanavicius and Paolo Sorrentino as well as Palme d’Or laureates Ken Loach and Cristian Mungiu.
“We...
- 4/9/2015
- ScreenDaily
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