Dear Members of the European Parliament,

WE UNDERSIGNED EUROPEAN CREATORS - ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING - FROM ALL ARTISTIC FIELDS, ARE ASKING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND ADOPT THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.

Our films, plays, books, articles, music, drawings, paintings, sculptures, photos, choreographies and other forms of art are a source of wealth and pride for European culture. Our art is both our passion and our profession.

For people to continue enjoying European culture in today’s digital environment, and for creators to be able to make a living today and tomorrow, we urge you to adopt the Copyright Directive.

This directive creates a much-needed level playing field between us, the creators, and those who communicate and distribute our works on different media and platforms. It is a matter of mutual respect. It is essential to the sustainability of our activities and therefore of the cultural and artistic diversity of Europe.

It is in everyone’s interests to promote authors’ rights so that they may continue to create, and in doing so bring lasting benefits to the whole of society. To retain Europe’s best talents and build the next generation of European creators, we must safeguard creators’ rights and promote their livelihoods. We cannot afford to wait another decade for copyright legislation to be adapted to the digital environment. This is not only about us but about the future of Europe’s culture.

You have the opportunity to send a historical and positive message to future generations of creators: that they are valued and that they will be fairly remunerated for their work.

We therefore urgently call on you, Members of the European Parliament, to say yes to this reform.

25 March 2019

Signatories:

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Guillaume Malandrin, Screenwriter and Director Emmanuel Marre, Director Ursula Meier, Writer and Director Reinhold Bilgeri, Screenwriter and Director Olivier Meys, Director Werner Boote, Screenwriter and Director Catherine Montondo, Scriptwriter and Director Gerhard Ertl, Screenwriter, Director and Producer Magis Olivier, Filmmaker VALIE EXPORT, Media artist, Performance artist and Alain Poncelet, Comic-strip artist Filmmaker Inès Rabadan. Scriptwriter and Director Brigitte Kowanz, Transmedia artist and Light artist Axelle Red, Singer and Songwriter Hermann Nitsch, Action performer, Painter, Michaël R. Roskam, Director and Screenwriter Composer and Set designer Guillaume Senez, Director Peter Payer, Director Yves Sente, Comic book author Stefan Ruzowitzky, Director Frédéric Sojcher, Filmmaker and Professor Cesár Sampson, Singer and Songwriter Paola Stévenne, Author, Producer and Director Eva Schlegel, Media and Object artist and Samuel Tilman, Director and Screenwriter Photographer Guérin van de Vorst, Screenwriter and Director Erwin Wurm, Performance artist, Sculptor, Video Jaco Van Dormael, Screenwriter and Director artist and Photographer Felix van Groeningen, Director and Screenwriter Heimo Zobernig, Painter, Sculptor, Filmmaker and Georges Van Linthout, Cartoonist and Screenwriter Performance artist Micha Wald, Director and Screenwriter Kris Wauters, Musician, Singer and Songwriter Belgium Isabelle Wéry, Writer and Actress Dominique Abel, Screenwriter and Director Michaël Bier, Director and Screenwriter Bulgaria Yves Cantraine, Director, Writer and Photographer Anton Bakarsky, Director of Photography Fred Castadot, Screenwriter Victor Bojinov, Director Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Screenwriter and Tonislav Hristov, Director and Scriptwriter Director Stephan Komandarev, Director and Scriptwriter Baron Stijn Coninx, Director and Screenwriter Vanya Nikolova, Scriptwriter Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Writer, Director and Producer Luc Dardenne, Writer, Director and Producer Croatia Benjamin d'Aoust, Director and Screenwriter Ante Pecotić, Composer and Musician Alain Daussin, Photographer Damir Martinović Mrle, Musician Paul De Gobert, Painter Husein Hasanefendić Hus, Musician, Composer and Fiona Goron, Screenwriter and Director Songwriter Adeline Dieudonné, Author Miro Buljan, Composer Xavier Diskeuve, Author, Director, Screenwriter, Tonči Huljić, Musician, Songwriter and Music Producer and Journalist producer Géraldine Doignon, Director and Screenwriter Matthieu Donck, Screenwriter and Director Czech Republic Stefaan Fernande, Songwriter Jan Hrebejk, Writer and Director Benoit Feroumont, Screenwriter, Director and Petr Janda, Singer, Composer and Musician Cartoonist David Koller, Composer and Singer Frédéric Fonteyne, Director Richard Krajčo, Composer, Songwriter and Singer Matthieu Frances, Screenwriter and Director Michal Prokop, Singer and Songwriter Jean-Luc Goossens, Writer and Director Ondřej Soukup, Composer and Music producer Thomas Gunzig, Author Zdeněk Svěrák, Scriptwriter, Author, Dramatist, Matthew Irons, Singer and Songwriter Writer and Actor Fred Jannin, Cartoonist, Screenwriter, Director and Milan Uhde, Author, Writer, Dramatist and Comedian Scriptwriter Tom Kestens, Composer and Musician Emil Viklický, Composer and Jazzman Sophie Kovess-Brun, Screenwriter and Director Meky Žbirka, Composer and Singer Jérôme le Maire, Screenwriter and Director

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Philippe Ramette, Sculptor Denmark Noémie Saglio, Screenwriter, Director Lars Ankerstjerne, Songwriter and Producer Jean-Paul Salomé, Filmmaker Frans Bak, Film composer Marjane Satrapi, Comic book writer and Filmmaker Pernille Rosendahl, Singer and Songwriter George Saulterre, Sculptor Antoine Schneck, Photographer Finland Céline Sciamma, Filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, Filmmaker Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Visual artist and Filmmaker Julien Teisseire, Filmmaker Antti Auvinen, Music composer Laurent Tirard, Filmmaker Marjatta Hanhijoki, Graphic artist Miss.Tic, Stret artist Marjukka Korhonen, Sculptor Xavier Veilhan, Plastic artist Juho Kuosmanen, Director and Screenwriter Bojan Z, Composer and Performer Kaija Kärkinen, Lyricist Patrick Zachmann, Photographer Marita Liulia, Visual artist Zaz, Author, Composer and Performer Markus Nordenstreng, Songwriter Guy Le Querrec, Photographer Mari Rantasila, Director, Actress and Musician Katell Quillevéré, Filmmaker Heli Rekula, Photographer Jani Ruscica, Visual artist Kari Soinio, Photographer Aku Toivonen, Songwriter Alexander Adolph, Screenwriter, Director and Milja Viita, Visual artist and Filmmaker Producer Olli Virtaperko, Music composer Knut Boeser, Screenwriter Wiggo Wallensköld, Painter Fred Breinersdorfer, Screenwriter Prof. Peter F. Bringmann, Director France Dr. Rainer Fabich, Composer, Music Producer Harold Faltermeyer, Musician, Composer and Anggun, Author, Composer and Performer Record producer Jef Aerosol, Street-artist Amelie Fried, Writer and TV moderator Jane Evelyn Atwood, Photographer Aelrun Goette, Director Julie Bertuccelli, Director Jochen Greve, Screenwriter Serge Bloch, Illustrator Oliver Heuss, Film Composer Richard Bona, Author, Composer and Performer Oliver Hirschbiegel, Director Eric Bouvet, Photographer Hannah Hollinger, Screenwriter Daniel Buren, Plastic artist Matthias Hornschuh, Composer C215, Street artist Wiebke Jaspersen, Screenwriter Catherine Corsini, Filmmaker Christian Jeltsch, Screenwriter Costa-Gavras, Filmmaker Holger Karsten Schmidt, Screenwriter Odile Decq, Architect Imogen Kimmel, Director Sophie Deschamps, Screenwriter Gabi Kubach, Director Jean-Jacques Goldman, Author, Composer and Petra Lüschow, Screenwriter and Director Performer Herbert Nauderer, Artist and Musician Michel Hazanavicius, Filmmaker Carolin Otto, Screenwriter and Director Invader (Space invaders), Visual artist Maris Pfeiffer, Director Agnès Jaoui, Screenwriter, Director and Actress Domenikus Probst, Director Cédric Klapisch, Writer, Director and Producer Christoph Rinnert, Composer Anne Landois, Showrunner and Screenwriter Marcus O. Rosenmüller, Director Xavier Legrand, Filmmaker Johannes Rotter, Screenwriter Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Screenwriter and Director Volker Schlöndorff, Filmmaker Radu Mihaileanu, Filmmaker Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock, Composer Sarah Moon, Photographer Rolf Silber, Screenwriter and Director Isabelle Nanty, Screenwriter and Comedian Elżbieta ‘Ela’ Steinmetz, Singer and Songwriter Tom Novembre, Composer, Singer and Actor Hans P. Ströer, Composer and Musician Rithy Panh, Director Annika Tepelmann, Screenwriter Dominique Perrault, Architect Eva Zahn & Volker A. Zahn, Screenwriter

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Dr. Ralf Weigand, Composer and Music producer Christian Wagner, Director Latvia Eva Wehrum, Screenwriter and Producer Martins Brauns, Songwriter and Musician Hans Werner, Director Lauris Gundars, Writer and Playwright Helmut Zerlett, Composer and Music Producer Janis Holsteins-Upmanis, Songwriter and Musician Karlis Kazaks, Songwriter and Musician Greece Karlis Lacis, Composer Valdis Muktupavels, Ethnomusicologist, Composer Nikos Kasseris, Photographer and Musician George Papathanassiou, Photo reporter Juris Arvids Murnieks, Songwriter and Music publisher Hungary Valdis Rumnieks, Writer and Literary historian Iván Bánki, Director Ingus Ulmanis, Songwriter and Musician Anikó Ézsiás, Editor and Art historian László Czető Bernát, Screenwriter and Dramaturge Lithuania László Cselényi, and Editor Arunas Matelis, Director, Writer and Producer György Dobray, Director Károly Duló, Director and Screenwriter Péter Gárdos, Director and Writer Luxembourg János Gulyás, Film director and director of Daniel Balthasar, Author, Composer and Performer photography David Galassi, Author, Composer and Performer Zsolt Gyökössy, Theathre and television director David Laborier, Composer and Performer and Writer John Rech, Author, Composer and Performer Gábor Herendi, Film director and Screenwriter Pascal Schumacher, Composer and Performer Zoltán Hevér, Director Serge Tonnar, Author, Composer and Performer István Juhász F., Screenwriter and Dramaturge Gast Waltzing, Composer, Performer and László Juszt, Reporter, Writer and Journalist Conductor Gábor Kiss, Director of photography Roland Wiltgen, Composer Gyula László Váradi, Music historian and Director Péter Molnár, Film irector and Director of photography Netherlands Éva Pataki, Writer, Screenwriter and Film director Karin Bloemen, Actress, Singer and Lyricist Krisztina Rényi, Graphic artist Jet Boeke, Illustrator Győző Sárkány, Graphic artist Koos Breukel, Photographer Nóra Simon, Dubbing dramaturge Merlijn Doomernik, Photographer Ágnes Szalkai-Lőrincz, Dubbing dramaturge and AV Barry Hay, Composer, Artist translator Micha Hamel, Composer Orsolya Székely, Producer and Director Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Photographer György Szomjas, Director Ruben Oppenheimer, Cartoonist Tamás Tóth, Literary translator and Translator Pim Ras, Photographer Sándor Vida, Director and Screenwriter Freek van den Bergh, Photographer Ruud van Empel, Fine artist Ireland Eric van Tijn, Producer Geraldine Creed, Director and Writer Trish McAdam, Filmmaker and Visual Artist Poland Urszula Dudziak, Vocalist Italy Agnieszka Holland, Director and Screenwriter Liliana Cavani, Director Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Composer Matteo Garrone, Director Marek Kościkiewicz, Vocalist, Songwriter and Music Marco Tullio Giordana, Screenwriter and Director producer Ennio Morricone, Composer, Orchestrator and Pawel Pawlikowski, Director Conductor Jan Pospieszalski, Composer and Musician Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Director Piotr Rubik, Composer Paolo Taviani, Director Maria Sadowska, Director and Vocalist

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Portugal Slovenia Pedro Abrunhosa, Musician, Composer, Songwriter Aleš Belak, Cinematographer and Performer Ivo Belec, Cinematographer Catarina Amaro, Scenographer Rok Biček, Director and Screenwriter TóZé Brito, Musician, Composer, Songwriter and Marko Brdar, Cinematographer Performer Janez Burger, Director and Screenwriter Pedro Calapez, Painter Špela Čadež, Animation director and Screenwriter Paulo de Carvalho, Musician, Composer, Songwriter Jure Černec, Cinematographer and Performer Radovan Čok, Cinematographer António Casimiro, Painter and Scenographer Jan Cvitkovič, Director and Screenwriter José Jorge Letria, Writer, Musician, Composer and Klemen Dvornik, Director and Screenwriter Songwriter Nejc Gazvoda, Director and Screenwriter Inácio Ludgero, Photographer Karpo Godina, Cinematographer, Director and António Victorino d'Almeida, Maestro Screenwriter Jurij Gruden, Director and Screenwriter Carlos Alberto Moniz, Maestro Darko Herič, Cinematographer Zoran Hochstätter, Cinematographer Romania Miha Hočevar, Director and Screenwriter Tudor-Flaviu Giurgiu, Director and Screenwriter Matjaž Ivanišin , Director and Screenwriter Stere Gulea, Director and Screenwriter Ven Jemeršič, Cinematographer Napoleon-Leonardo Helmis, Director and Janez Kališnik, Cinematographer Screenwriter Miha Knific, Director and Screenwriter Şerban Marinescu, Director and Screenwriter Marko Kočevar, Cinematographer Cristian Mungiu, Director and Screenwriter Damjan Kozole , Director and Screenwriter Călin Peter Netzer, Director and Screenwriter Lev Predan Kowarski, Cinematographer Liviu-Doru Nitescu, Director and Screenwriter Matej Križnik, Cinematographer Janez Lapajne, Director and Screenwriter Dan Pita, Director and Screenwriter Mitja Ličen, Cinematographer Constantin Popescu, Director and Screenwriter Rado Likon, Cinematographer Alexa Visarion, Director and Screenwriter Andrej Lupinc, Cinematographer Matevž Luzar, Director and Screenwriter Luka Marčetić, Director and Screenwriter Eva Borušovičová, Director, Screenwriter and Ivan Marinček, Cinematographer Writer Igor Meglič, Cinematographer Miroslava Brezovská, Translator Urša Menart, Director and Screenwriter Judita Csáderová, Photographer Matjaž Mrak, Cinematographer Dušan Dušek, Writer and Screenwriter Marko Naberšnik, Director and Screenwriter Elena Flašková, Translator Rok K. Nagode, Cinematographer Jure Nemec, Cinematographer Peter Gála, Graphic designer, Photographer and Sven Pepeonik, Cinematographer Illustrator Valentin Perko, Cinematographer Martin Kellenberger, Painter, Illustrator and Jure Pervanje, Cinematographer and Director Graphic artist Boris Petković, Director and Screenwriter Jana Kirschner, Singer and Songwriter Metod Pevec, Director and Screenwriter Daniel Kollár, Writer Simon Pintar, Cinematographer Monika Kompaníková, Writer and Artist Sonja Prosenc, Director and Screenwriter Uršula Kovalyk, Writer Nejc Saje, Cinematographer Katarína Kubošiová (Katarzia), Singer, Songwriter Marko Šantić, Director and Screenwriter Peter Lipa, Singer, Songwriter Darko Sinko, Director and Screenwriter Vašo Patejdl, Singer and Songwriter Hanna Slak, Director and Screenwriter Marián Puobiš, Screenwriter and Translator Miloš Srdić, Cinematographer Ondrej Šulaj, Screenwriter, Director and Playwriter Martin Srebotnjak, Director and Screenwriter Miroslav Žbirka, Singer and Songwriter Sašo Štih, Cinematographer Janez Stucin, Cinematographer Simon Tanšek, Cinematographer

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Miha Tozon, Cinematographer Björn Ulvaeus, Songwriter and Producer Martin Turk, Director and Screenwriter Goran Vojnović, Director and Screenwriter United Kingdom Blaž Završnik , Director and Screenwriter Barbara Zemljič, Director and Screenwriter Kate Atkinson, Writer Faye Bird, Writer Malorie Blackman, Writer Spain Tony Bradman, Writer Alfonso Albacete, Painter Tracy Chevalier, Writer Pedro Almodóvar, Screenwriter and Director Wendy Cope OBE, Writer Carla Andrade, Painter Poppy Corbett, Theatre writer Olatz Arroyo Abaroa, Screenwriter Maureen Duffy, Writer Miquel Barcelo, Painter Stella Duffy OBE, Writer and Theatre author Carlos Clavijo Cobos, Director and Screenwriter Jonathan Fryer, Writer Borja Cobeaga Eguillor, Director and Screenwriter Piers Haggard, Director Isabel Coixet, Director and Producer Joanne Harris, Writer Ignacio Faerna García-Bermejo, Screenwriter Victoria Horn, Songwriter Verónica Fernández Rodríguez, Screenwriter Shirley Hughes, Writer José Freixanes, Painter Peter Kosminsky, Writer, Director and Producer Yolanda García Serrano, Director and Screenwriter Jane Lamacraft, Screenwriter Juan Genovés, Painter Phil Manzanera, Composer and guitarist Luis Gordillo, Painter Roger Michell, Director Joaquín Górriz Portella, Screenwriter Sir Alan Parker, Director and Screenwriter Alberto Iglesias, Film music composer Paul Powell, Screenwriter and Producer Rafael Levenfeld, Photographer Diane Redmond, Screenwriter Robert Llimós, Painter Michael Ridpath, Writer Carlos López García, Screenwriter Anne Rooney, Writer Susana López Rubio, Screenwriter Cath Senker, Writer Eva Lootz, Painter Nick Sharratt, Writer and Illustrator Chema Madoz, Photografer Francesca Simon, Writer Óscar Mariné, Designer Hugh Stoddart, Screenwriter Alicia Martín, Installations and performances Charles Sturridge, Director and Screenwriter Juan Luis Moraza, Installations and performances Ali Smith, Writer Antón Patiño, Painter Joan Smith, Writer Esther Pizarro, Installations and performances Steve Smith, Director Alberto Rodriguez, Screenwriter and Director Adrian Sterling, Writer Francisco Javier Royo Fernandez, Screenwriter Charles Sturridge, Writer and Director Eulàlia Valldosera, Video Artist Delyth Thomas, Director and Producer Valentín Vallhonrat, Photographer Joanna Trollope OBE, Writer Virginia Yagüe Romo, Screenwriter Sarah Waters, Writer Susana Solano, Sculptor and Painter Susanna White, Director Montserrat Soto, Photographer Benito Zambrano Tejero, Director and Screenwriter Other European Sweden countries Benny Andersson, Musician and Composer Yngvild Sve Flikke, Director, Norway Ernst Billgren, Artist Ole Giæver, Director, Norway Carl Johan De Geer, Artist Andrija Lekic, Photographer, Serbia Paul Hansen, Photographer and Journalist Nebojsa Markovic, Photographer, Serbia Stina Wirsén, Illustrator and Author Petar Markovic, Photographer, Serbia Lasse Åberg, Artist and Filmmaker Kajsa Næss, Director, Norway Jockum Nordström, Artist Erik Poppe, Director, Norway Karin Mamma Andersson, Artist Zeljko Safar, Photographer, Serbia Lars Jonsson, Artist and Bird Painter

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Eric Richter Strand, Director and Screenwriter, Ellen Ugelstad, Director, Norway Norway Vojislav Vujanic, Photographer, Serbia Eirik Svensson, Director, Norway Dr. Nikola Vukčević, Director and Professor, Vladimir Tatarevic, Professor of photography, Montenegro Serbia

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