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Lettre aux parlementaires français:” Sauvez le droit d’auteur à la française!”( 30 Janvier, 2003)

Letter to French members of Parliament:” Save authors’ rights ‘à la française’ “( 30th January, 2003)

The French HADAS-LEBEL mission on authors’ rights calls for a return to statu quo ante ( December 10, 2002)

Denmark: Information on collective agreements for web publishing, web archive and digital press clippings (December 4, 2002)

France: Opinion letter signed by IFJ/EFJ and unions’ General Secretaries (version française)(November 22, 2002)

France: Journalists’ authors’ rights fiercely debated at the SNJ Congress (November 19, 2002)

Creators’ rights for all: position of the NUJ (October 21, 2002)

Some comments on the input and discussions “European Copyright Revisited” ( June 18th, 2002)

Section of the Unions

Authors’ Rights Expert Group (AREG)

Argument card: the anglo saxon approach

Olivier da Lage, membre du Comité Droit d’ Auteur de la Fédération Internationale des Journalistes rejoint le Conseil Supérieur de la Propriété Littéraire et Artistique

Authors’ Rights Basics

Authors’ Rights Conference

Moral Rights

Authors´ Rights and Rights-Management -Draft Directives on Copyright- Statement by the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ)

Authors’ Rights Booklet

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
Press Release, 13/11/2002, World Journalists Join Protest Over French Assault on Authors’ Rights

Press Release, 15/10/2001, Freelance Photographer wins against National Geographic

Swedish Collective Agreement – Struggle for Better Authors’ Rights Message of Solidarity (November 2001)

Speech on Authors’ Rights by Anne Louise Schelin
IFJ opinion delivered at the Council of Europe hearing on “New forms of exploitation of journalistic works, in particular on-line” 10 February 2000 hosted by the Directorate General of Human Rights

Speech on Authors’ Rights by Anne Louise Schelin
Strasbourg EU Conference on Management and Legitimate Use of Intellectual Property, 9- 11. July 2000
AZERBAIDJAN

JUHI Media Law

AUSTRALIA

Media and Arts Alliance Rights

BELARUS

Belarusian Association of Journalists Media Law Protection

DENMARK

Dansk Journalistforbundet News

Information on collective agreements for web publishing, web archive and digital press clippings (December 4, 2002)

The High Court has sustained the claim of the Danish Union of Journalists in fundamentally important authors’ rights ruling (September 13, 2002)

Speech on Authors’ Rights by Anne Louise Schelin
IFJ opinion delivered at the Council of Europe hearing on “New forms of exploitation of journalistic works, in particular on-line” 10 February 2000 hosted by the Directorate General of Human Rights

Speech on Authors’ Rights by Anne Louise Schelin
Strasbourg EU Conference on Management and Legitimate Use of Intellectual Property, 9- 11. July 2000
ESTONIA
EAL News

FINLAND

Finnish Journalist Union Copyright News

FRANCE

CFDT Page d’accueil-droit d’auteur
SNJ Droits d’auteur ttt

Lettre aux parlementaires français: Sauvez le droit d’auteur à la française!( 30 Janvier, 2003)

The French HADAS-LEBEL mission on authors’ rights calls for a return to statu quo ante ( December 10, 2002)

Opinion letter signed by IFJ/EFJ and unions’ General Secretaries (version française)(November 22, 2002)

Journalists’ authors’ rights fiercely debated at the SNJ Congress (November 19, 2002)

Minister Wants to Regulate Authors’ Rights in France (October 15, 2002)

Accords et Communiqués

GERMANY
DJV – Latest News Link
Pressemeldungen

DJV – Reform of the Copyright Contract Law
Copyright

DJV – Latest News Link
Informationen

Ver.di – IG-Medien
Allgemein

GREECE

ESIEA News

Panhellenic Federation of Journalists Unions News

JUADNA

THE JUADNA and privately owned television channel ALTER singed a collective working agreement that stipulates 8% wages increase. It also specifies on Authors’ Rights.
It requires Journalist’s consent for work to be published or reproduced and a special fee to be paid. This special fee for every day of publication or reproduction can not be less than 1% and can not exceed half of the journalist’s monthly pay.
Also, stipulates that a commission is ot be formed where both parties will be represented and by the end of June 2002, will determine the essence of orginal work.

HONG KONG

Hong Kong Journalists Association General News

ICELAND

Blaðamannafélags Íslands Main Page

INDIA

NUJ India Main page

ISRAEL

Association of Israel, Haifa and North Main Page

ITALY

Federazione Nazionale Stampa Italiana Newsletter

LITHUANIA

LJU Media Law

NETHERLANDS

NVJ News

NORWAY

Norsk Journalistlag News

PERU

ANP Main Page

SLOVAKIA

Slovensky Syndikat Dokumenty o Medialnej Politike a Legislative

SLOVENIA

Drustvo novinarjev SlovenijeDokumenti

SWEDEN

Svenska Journalistfoerbundet News

Svenska Journalistfoerbundet

Statement about the New Collective Agreement (July 2001)

Svenska Journalistfoerbundet

Frilansjournalistten – Authors’ Rights Victory

Frilansjournalistten – Authors’ Rights Victory – The Press Release in English

Swedish Collective Agreement – Struggle for Better Authors’ Rights Message of Solidarity (November 2001)

Press Release

SWITZERLAND

Journalisten.ch/Journalistes.ch Medienpolitik/
Politique des media

Co Media Nouvelles
Medienmitteilung

TURKEY

Tuerkiye Gazeteciler Sendikasi Main Page

UKRAINE

NUJU Main Page

UNITED KINGDOM

Creators’ rights for all: position of the NUJ (October 21, 2002)

Channel 4 attemps a copyright grab on freelancers (October, 2002)

Freelance briefing paper

Public goods, personal rights

Sygma snappers’ strike shows style

Unlikely bedfellows

NUJ Copyright Links
Copyright and authors’ rights

Copyright Basics

Manipulated Pictures

USA

The Newspaper GuildBargaining

National Writers Union (NWU) Union documents

National Writers Union (NWU)Copyright: a guide for freelancers (June 2002)
YUGOSLAVIA

NUNSNews


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