Date Title and description Document 05/10/2011 GESAC’s position on the Proposal for a Directive on certain permitted uses of orphan works - 208 Kb 24/05/2011 Communication on a Single Market for IPR GESAC welcomes the adoption of this document, which confirms the Commission’s intention to ensure a joined-up approach in its intellectual property initiatives - 201 Kb 17/05/2011 EBU and GESAC call for new rights clearance mechanism Press release - 155 Kb 29/10/2010 GESAC welcomes the ECJ’s confirmation in the SGAE-Padawan decision GESAC welcomes the ECJ’s confirmation in the SGAE-Padawan decision that private copying levy systems achieve a fair balance between the interests of authors and those of users of copyright protected content. - 216 Kb 23/04/2010 Brussels - Hearing on the Governance of Collective Rights Management in the EU Véronique Desbrosses’ speech - 182 Kb 07/01/2010 Private copying levies GESAC Press release - 213 Kb 14/09/2009 Communication from the EU Commission _Enhancing the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Internal Market_ - 125 Kb 05/05/2009 eYou Guide for consumers in the digital world Digital Agenda for Consumer rights tomorrow - 114 Kb 25/11/2008 Call to the Public Authorities European Authors' Societies: Call to the Public Authorities within the European Union - 131 Kb 08/11/2007 Workshop and Press Conference on Private Copy Remuneration Press Release - 128 Kb 08/11/2007 GESAC's Proposals GESAC's Proposals for the Adequate Application of Private Copying Remuneration Schemes in the Internal Market - 241 Kb 08/11/2007 ECONLAW's Report ECONLAW's Economic Analysis of Private Copy Remuneration - 560 Kb 08/11/2007 Background Document Background Document on Private Copy Remuneration - 229 Kb 10/07/2006 Common Declaration ICMP CIEM and GESAC ICMP CIEM and GESAC common declaration on management of online copyrights in music works and on governance in collective management societies - 86 Kb 21/02/2006 Creators Address the European Commission to Defend their Rights A delegation of songwriters and music composers met with Commissioner McCreevy on 21 February 2006 - 55 Kb 03/02/2006 Proposal for a Directive on Services GESAC, AIDAA, EVA, IFRRO, GIART joint letter in support of exclusion of CMS from the scope of Service Directive - 78 Kb 22/01/2006 Private copying GESAC, BIEM and CISAC warn against phasing out of private copying schemes - 323 Kb 22/11/2005 Collective Cross-Border Management of Copyright GESAC's General Meeting acknowledged the Commission's Recommandation dated 18 October 2005 on on-line licensing - 156 Kb 12/10/2005 Collective Cross-Border Management of Copyright Commission Recommendation on collective cross-border management of copyright and related rights for legitimate online music services - 154 Kb 07/07/2005 Collective Management of Copyright Working document from the Commission on collective management of copyright - 163 Kb 22/04/2005 Elections of 21 April 2005 The General Meeting elected GESAC's President and vice-Presidents for the period 2005-2007 - 706 Kb 23/11/2004 GESAC Enlargement GESAC enlarged to include Authors' Societies in the new Member states of the EU - 153 Kb 24/06/2004 WTO Procedure On the occasion of the conference "The TRIPS Agreement - 10 years later" (June 2004), GESAC calls for the implementation without further delay on the WTO ruling against the US Copyright Act - 155 Kb 21/06/2004 Resale right European Authors call for general application of resale right at international level - 28 Kb 09/03/2004 Piracy Enforcement Directive welcomed as a first step in the fight against piracy and counterfeiting - 290 Kb 28/01/2004 WTO Procedure Call of European Authors for a modification of the Copyright Act - 155 Kb 09/01/2004 WTO Procedure US Copyright Act – section 110 (5)(b) : conference on WTO ruling – MIDEM 2004 - 28 Kb 23/10/2003 VAT Music sector welcomes inclusion of sound recordings in compromise proposal on reduced VAT rates by the Italian Presidency - 39 Kb 12/09/2003 VAT European music sector urges EU Finance Ministers to reduce VAT on sound recordings (Stresa) - 36 Kb 04/09/2003 WTO Procedure Payment by the Americans of compensation to European authors - 153 Kb 18/07/2003 VAT European Cinema sector deeply disappointed with Commission VAT proposal - 27 Kb 17/07/2003 VAT VAT and music: the EU rejects lower rates - 26 Kb 30/01/2003 Piracy EU Enforcement Directive falls far short of providing urgently needed tools to tackle piracy - 271 Kb 13/11/2001 WTO procedure Arbitrator's decision on Section 110 (5) (b) of the US Copyright Act - 53 Kb 27/07/2001 WTO procedure EU and US agree on procedures for exploring compensation in Copyright Dispute : GESAC statement - 53 Kb 24/07/2001 Resale Right On 19 July 2001 – more than five years after the initial draft was presented by the Commission – the Council adopted the directive on resale right by a qualified majority. - 55 Kb 15/02/2001 Directive on copyright and related rights in the information society vote of the European Parliament in second reading on 14/02/01 - 71 Kb 07/01/2001 Private Copying Levies GESAC Press Release - 186 Kb 06/12/2000 Resale right opinion in second reading of the Legal Affairs Committee at the European Parliament - 90 Kb 14/06/2000 Directive on copyright and related rights in the information society compromise of the Council of 07/06/00 - 83 Kb 26/04/2000 Victory for European songwriters and composers in the WTO - 78 Kb 18/11/1999 Directive on certain legal aspects of electronic commerce in the internal market GESAC calls for the reinforcement of the liability of Internet service providers - 82 Kb 12/02/1999 Directive on copyright and related rights in the information society vote in second reading at the European Parliament on 09/02/99 - 75 Kb         © GESAC 2001