Since 2018, I have been working as the Director of Public Affairs and Communications for the Society of Audiovisual Authors in Brussels. As a part of my job, I translate what the organisation is doing in the field of European copyright and media policy into digestible blog posts.
2022-
- 17 Dec: AZAS’s fight for authors’ rights in North Macedonia
- 28 Oct: CMOs challenges in the AI era – part 2
- 11 Aug: CMOs challenges in the AI era – part 1
- 12 Mar: Meet our member: ZAPA in Poland
- 20 Dec, 2024: Receiving royalties should be a given, not a question.
- 4 Dec, 2024: Meet our Member – FilmJUS in Hungary
- 25 July, 2024: EU Parliament: Guard culture, defend authors and resist the far right
- 21 May, 2024: Meet our member: deAuteurs, in Belgium
- 25 Apr, 2024: Meet our Member: Sabam in Belgium
- 21 Aug, 2023: Meet our member: SGAE in Spain
- 14 Jul, 2023: Artists’ legal status is not a privilege, it is fairness.
- 25 Apr, 2023: A mixed image of equality in Slovenia’s audiovisual sector
- 6 Feb, 2023: Meet our member: Copyswede
- 13 Dec, 2022: What is in the next EU Work Plan for Culture?
- 2 Nov, 2022: A moving image of audiovisual authors’ rights
- 19 Aug, 2022: What we learned from 2021
- 10 Aug, 2022: Meet our member: DILIA in Czech Republic
- 29 Mar, 2022: ‘Little streams make big rivers’ – royalties for public performance and educational uses matters
- 1 Mar, 2022: US companies dominating the EU market – less rights for authors?
- 31 Jan, 2022: 2 years after Brexit: A talk with SAA’s members in the UK
- 18 Jan, 2022: Meet our member: SACD in France
2020-2021
- 14 Oct, 2021: We bring authors’ stories closer to policymakers
- 31 Aug, 2021: Meet our member: AIPA in Slovenia
- 19 Jul, 2021: Equality and diversity in the spotlight
- 6 Jul, 2021: Voices of Culture message to EU countries: fair practices for cultural and creative professionals
- 14 Jun, 2021: Turning words into actions for European culture and authors
- 29 Apr, 2021: The opportunity with a delayed copyright transposition
- 23 Apr, 2021: 2020 brought the cultural and creative sectors closer together
- 15 Mar, 2021: “Setting up a new European organisation was an exciting challenge I could not refuse.”
- 9 Feb, 2021: Making the economic case for culture
- 1 Feb, 2021: Meet our member: SPA in Portugal
- 11 Jan, 2021: Time to secure a status for authors and artists
- 5 Oct, 2020: Meet our member: VG Wort in Germany
- 17 Sep, 2020: Member States fail to meet the Audiovisual Media Services Directive deadline
- 10 Aug, 2020: Filmmakers suffer, but COVID-19 is not the only cause
- 10 Jun, 2020: What does Artificial Intelligence have to do with films?
- 23 Apr, 2020: Authors deserve fairness, not charity
- 23 Mar, 2020: How COVID-19 contaminates the film sector
- 17 Mar, 2020: 2019 – A year of changes
- 21 Feb, 2020: 3 ways filmmakers support the SAA
- 3 Feb, 2020: Shrinking space for filmmakers’ artistic freedom in Europe
2018-2019
- 9 Dec, 2019: “What is an author if they don’t have the right to express themselves?”
- 21 Nov, 2019: Figures don’t lie, filmmakers’ rights need to be strengthened
- 8 Nov, 2019: “Women at CISAC” – towards 50/50 in authors’ societies
- 9 Oct, 2019: Meet our member: SSA in Switzerland
- 30 Sep, 2019: Brussels EU quarters back to business
- 2 Jul, 2019: Meet our member: Kopiosto in Finland
- 25 Jun, 2019: Growing awareness of culture for development
- 3 Jun, 2019: A not so unified Union…
- 9 May, 2019: 3 ways the new European Parliament can support creators
- 12 Mar, 2019: 2018 in three words: The Copyright Directive
- 7 Mar, 2019: When will the film industry pass the gender equality test?
- 31 Jan, 2019: ‘This time I’m voting’ – for cultural diversity
- 23 Nov, 2018: How to exploit authors’ work without exploiting the author
- 12 Nov, 2018: Royalties for audiovisual authors – a drop in the ocean
- 18 Oct, 2018: How to make European films visible and accessible online?
- 10 Oct, 2018: Transparency: in EU institutions and copyright
- 13 Jul, 2018: Copyright 0-1: defending rights versus opposing obligations
- 2 Jul, 2018: Flourishing industries profit from struggling authors?
- 18 Jun, 2018: Getting closer to the finishing line?
- 1 Jun, 2018: Performers and audiovisual authors plea to the European Parliament
- 14 May, 2018: Authors’ right to remuneration is universal
- 6 Apr, 2018: Fair working conditions for the next generation of screenwriters and directors
- 8 Mar, 2018: Where are the female directors and screenwriters?
- 27 Feb, 2018: Online copyright: will the EU be a global front-runner or a bystander?
- 16 Feb, 2018: Copyright, a new world for me
Annica Ryng 