We, creators from all artistic fields and from all over Europe, call on you, EU decision makers, to put a stop to the funneling of value away from the creators to a number of online platforms. You have rightly acknowledged that user uploaded content (UUC) platforms are now the main point of access to our works online, but unacceptably do not, or only barely remunerate us for their exploitation. The viability of cultural and creative industries, which create significant growth and jobs for the EU economy, is threatened by this transfer of value. We want an environment that fosters growth for new and legitimate businesses, including UUC platforms, while providing legal certainty for consumers, and ensuring that this is paired with appropriate remuneration for creators. UUC platforms have built their businesses on people’s desire to access and share our works, and should not put the burden of liability on consumers or creators. The current situation is a race to the bottom that drives down the respect for and value of creative works. We depend on copyright/authors’ right as this is our pay and the only leverage we have to negotiate fair remuneration for our works. The forthcoming legislation on copyright is your opportunity to stop these freeriding platforms. We therefore call on you to: • clarify that UUC platforms like YouTube are involved in reproducing and making our works available under copyright laws; • e n s u r e t h a t t h e safe harbour non-liability regime does not apply to them as it is meant for technical intermediaries only. The European Commission’s fair and balanced approach on this issue was a step in the right direction. We count on the European Parliament and the European Council to build on and further develop the solution proposed by the Commission to ensure a sustainable environment for all. Authors in the room & signatories of the call Wally Badarou Frans Bak is a composer, music producer, is a music composer, conductor, synthesizer specialist and one of instrumentalist and a graduate of the pioneers of the home studio the Royal Danish Academy of concept. Wally has worked with Music. He has won several the music scene's biggest names: awards and scored three Oscar Joe Cocker, Mick Jagger, Grace nominated shorts and several Jones, Jimmy Cliff, Serge Emmy nominated TV-series. He is Gainsbourg, Youssou N'Dour, best known for creating the score Papa Wemba, etc. A multi-talented for the Danish television series personally, Wally is also involved ‘Forbrydelsen’ as well as the in a new passion, theatre. American remake, ‘The Killing’. Jean-Philippe Baltel Fiona Bevan lives and works in Paris. After is a multi-platinum selling completing a Biology degree and a songwriter, singer, multi- Bachelor of Arts and Visual Arts, instrumentalist, lyricist and he became a professional arranger from Suffolk, UK. photographer in 1992. A self- With Ed Sheeran she co- taught artist, he splits his time wrote One Direction‘s Number 1 between portraits of notable hit song ‘Little Things’ from their figures, stills, and institutional and globally chart-topping album ‘Take cultural reportage. His Me Home’. Fiona also wrote photographs are published in the ‘Voodoo Doll’ with 5 Seconds of French and international press. Summer which features on their Number 1 debut album. Blankass (Guillaume & Johan Ledoux) Nikša Bratoš is a French rock group created by is a highly rewarded Croatian brothers Johan and Guillaume musician, composer and music Ledoux. Blankass' musicians are producer. His musical interests are close to their fans and regularly go very wide, from classical music, on marathon tours; their music through pop, rock, alternative to has earned them two nominations original ethno music. He has at the Victoires de la Musique participated as a musician, awards. Blankass support several composer, arranger or music causes that are close to their producer in over two hundred hearts. In particular, they albums. He also writes music for participated in the recording of a movies and theatrical CD for Free Tibet. performances. Mikołaj Bugajak Daniel Buren is a music composer and is one of the most renowned producer. He recorded several artists in the international arts albums with electronic and urban scene. He has had over 1500 music which are now considered exhibitions across the world, of classics. In 2010 he started which 1/3 are personal. From fly- composing with mainly acoustic posting his works in the 1960s, to instruments. His debut (as Mikołaj large state orders, his works are Bugajak) album was awarded conceived according to where “Best recorded album of the year - they are hosted, and are realised High Fidelity”. He is currently in situ. working on his new album under the alias NOON. Florence Chevallier Zoltán Czutor Her photography and videography is a composer, lyricist, performer work is highly personal. and teacher. In 1997, he spent a Photographing landscapes, year in Los Angeles, working as human beings, animals and an arranger and musician, and architecture, she highlights the came back to Hungary to found strength of that which is built and the band Belmondo for which he transmitted in every life to create a was frontman, composer and singular and inalienable "being in lyricist. He currently teaches on the world". Her work evokes the topics like intellectural property, question of time, the eroticism of royalities and cultural the body and that of the management. landscape. Emmanuel Da Silva Simon Darlow is an artist with a varied rock/pop has a long list of song credits repertoire who has worked with including co-writing Grace many artists including Elsa, Jones’ joint highest-charting Hélène Ségara, Jenifer, Soprano, U.K. single, 1985’s “Slave to E. Macias, and Julie Zenatti. Emmanuel has also produced the Rhythm.” He has also children's CD books, musicals, film written for a diverse range of scores, and web series. artists including Dame Shirley Bassey and Sir Cliff Richard. As an arranger and musician, he played with Wham!, and has over 100 T.V. theme tunes to his name. David De María Mia Dimšić is a singer songwriter whose career is a young Croatian musician and started at 14 with the group Kelliam songwriter with a very unique and 71. He release his first solo album charming voice. In her music at 19. His fifth album, Barcos de expression she combines pop and Papel, reached triple platinum and country elements. She is a very confirmed his place among Spain’s passionate artist and her debut album most successful songwriters with became one of Croatia's top-selling over 1 million albums sold. His albums in 2016. latest album is called Séptimo cielo. Ursula Dudziak Jörg Evers Her amazing vocal range and is a German composer and innovative style have captivated producer. After studying musicology audiences worldwide. The song at the University of Munich and Papaya, composed together with orchestration and arrangement at Michał Urbaniak became a big hit. She the Richard Strauss Conservatory, recorded with Gil Evans Orchestra, he went on tour with several rock Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Sting bands. He wrote music for various and many others. The Los Angeles films and TV productions. His Times named her Female Jazz compositions received several gold Vocalist Of The Year 1979. and platinum awards as well as international prizes. Janusz Fogler Jacob Groth is a photographer, publisher and is a Danish film music composer with editor, Dean of the Faculty of Media a strong international career and Art of the Academy of Fine Arts in reputation. He is a five time EMMY Warsaw. He worked with numerous winner. He composed the music for journals and publishing houses, the feature film Dead Man Walking, releasing photo reports in Poland and 33 episodes of Dead Man Down and abroad. He was included in the is the composer for the critically world’s best 100 photographers in acclaimed movies of The Millennium 1987. Trilogy, based on the Swedish Stieg Larssons novels. Christian Guémy (C215) Pedro Guerra is a French urban and stencil artist, Throughout his more than 35 years of and one of the major figures of musical career, Pedro Guerra has contemporary art and street-art. His shown that he is one of the great favourite subjects are childhood and composers of music in Spanish. He those left-behind. His style is has written songs for Maria Bethania, colourful. His works are resolutely Joaquín Sabina, Ana Belén, Víctor human-sized, as he does not paint Manuel, Ely Guerra Miguel Poveda ... very large walls. He first took part in and has collaborated with Silvio the MUR in 2007 and works in Vitry. Rodríguez, Cesaria Évora or Claudio Gabis, to name but a few. Kimmo Hakola Hans Helewaut is a Finnish composer with a Master is a music producer, composer, of Music degree from Sibelius arranger and the founder/owner of Academy. Along with his composing, Tondo Music. Starting off in the Kimmo has served as an artistic eighties with his sister Elisa Waut, director and in many positions of Hans went on to writing soundtracks responsibility in the music industry. for a number of movies and TV series Hakola was one the recipients of the like Cafard, Robotboy, Gawayn, The Teosto Prize for 2003. Lost Colony and Koning van de Wereld. Marek Hojda Sylvie Hoarau (Brigitte) is a composer of pop music, pianist is one half of French band Brigitte and singer. He played keyboard (a tribute to Brigitte Bardot, Brigitte instruments with De Mono and Fontaine and Brigitte Lahaie). The Oddział Zamknięty. A graduate of award-winning band built up its the Faculty of Jazz of the Academy reputation on the stage, through of Music in Katowice, he is a many tours in France, Europe, producer and arranger of South Asia and the Middle East.