Rencontres de la Saif – 11th Meeting – In partnership with LaScam

Thursday, September 5, 3.00 to 4.30pm. Free entrance

Copyright-Related Rights in the Press: a fair share of the value?

Five years have passed since the adoption of the European Union Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market and Amending Directives (April 17, 2019) and the transposition of the directive into French legislation (July 24, 2019).

The text which introduced related rights for publishers of press publications has proven difficult, both to enforce and to ensure that publishers and press agencies receive an appropriate share of the revenues gained by digital platforms using their content. Despite the extensive legal measures designed for effective sharing of value in the digital world, very few remuneration contracts have been concluded with the Tech Giants. And in the event of such a contractual agreement, how can agreement be reached on the “appropriate and fair” share of the remuneration for journalists and authors as required under the legislation?

La Saif, in partnership with LaScam, will be exploring the issues at stake and the moves needed to achieve the effective enforcement of the new provisions for related rights plus the inescapable corollary of having the value shared appropriately and fairly between the different players involved in the press.

Moderator: Pierre Ciot, Vice-President, La Saif

With:

• Patricio Arana, Member of the Scam journalists’ commission and member of the National Union of Journalists (SNJ) - CGT

• Olivier Brillanceau, SAIF - Director General

• Claude Cécile, Board member of the National Union of Journalists (SNJ)

• Benoit Tabaka, Director of Institutional Relations and Public Policy, Google France