As the negotiations on the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market are drawing to a conclusion, European and international authors and performers' organisations from all sectors urge the EU negotiators to strengthen the much-needed Article -14 providing ...
Scriptwriters, directors and theatrical drama authors across Latin America have a new federation to advocate for their right to live from their creations with the Latin American Audiovisual Authors’ Federation (FESAAL). More than ten collective management organisations from across Latin ...
European and international authors and performers’ organisations from all sectors urge Member States to support the much-needed Article -14 providing for fair and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers in the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.
Proposed ...
Algeria, Burkina Faso and the Ivory Coast are the primary contributors to audiovisual collections in Africa according to CISAC’s 2018 Global Collections Report. The low figures come predominately from a lack of effective licensing.
To address this gap, the Rwanda ...
Upon the invitation of sister host society Russian Union of Rights Holders (RUR), Writers & Directors Worldwide’s Executive Committee went to the Russia Federation for days of meetings to increase ties with Russian authors as well as to learn ...
Writers & Directors Worldwide recently visited the Russia Federation for days of meetings to increase ties with Russian authors as well as to learn about its vast film history and its growing market. Read more about this important visit here.
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Paris, November 8th, 2018 - Global royalties’ collections for creators of music, audiovisual, visual arts, drama and literature rose to a record high of €9.6 billion in 2017, up 6.2% on the previous year, according to the 2018 Global Collections Report published today by CISAC (...
Writers & Directors Worldwide joined screenwriters from throughout the world for the World Conference of Screenwriters (WCOS) in Berlin on October 10th and 11th. Hosted by the Federation of Screenwriters in Europe (FSE), the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG) ...
Fair and proportionate remuneration moves closer to reality for authors in Europe while additional support is needed throughout the world
September 12th, 2018 – Representing audiovisual creators in 69 countries, Writers & Directors Worldwide (W&DW) today celebrates the vote by European ...
Throughout many great and wonderful years of working with writing assignments, we've gathered a great family of qualified writers who are real experts in their fields. Each of them is ready to cope with any writing assignments and any ...
Writers & Directors Worldwide would like to share the following statement, released today by the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA):
Uphold the mandate on copyright in plenary vote to support creation in Europe
We represent 4.5% of EU GDP and 12 million ...
