CISAC's 2016 Annual Report

CISAC's 2016 Annual Report

2016 ANNUAL REPORT 2016 ANNUAL REPORT SERVING AUTHORS WORLDWIDE 1 CONTENTS Profile 03 PART 1 A year at PRESIDENCY ��������������������������������������������������������������������������16 a glance VICE PRESIDENTS ���������������������������������������������������������������18 Message from the President MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL �������20 “Through culture we connect people, we evoke emotions, we promote diversity.” BOARD OF DIRECTORS ���������������������������������������������������21 Jean-Michel Jarre Composer – Producer / KEY FIGURES ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 22 President of CISAC HEADLINES ����������������������������������������������������������������������������24 HIGHLIGHTS ����������������������������������������������������������������������������26 PART 2 Our BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS ��������������������������������������������46 expertise LEGAL & POLICY �����������������������������������������������������������������48 GOVERNANCE ��������������������������������������������������������������������50 Message from the Director General “Our priorities can be summed up in one phrase: BUSINESS & TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE����� 52 fair remuneration for authors.” Gadi Oron COMMUNICATIONS �����������������������������������������������������������54 Director General INTERNATIONAL COUNCILS OF CREATORS ����������������������������������������������������������������������56 PART 3 Global GLOBAL REACH ������������������������������������������������������������������62 AFRICA �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������64 Reach ASIA-PACIFIC �����������������������������������������������������������������������66 EUROPE �����������������������������������������������������������������������������������68 LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN����������������������������������70 CISAC MEMBER SOCIETIES ������������������������������������������ 72 2 PROFILE WE ARE CISAC The Internationnal Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers. in 230MEMBER SOCIETIES 120COUNTRIES We are the leading worldwide representing a non-governmental, network of authors’ 4 million creators not–for–profit societies. worldwide. organisation. NOT - FOR - PROFIT BURKINA FASO CHILE CHINA HUNGARY 1926 90 years 2016 WE PROTECT THE RIGHTS and promote the interests of creators worldwide. 3 4 If creators don’t fight for what’s right, who will ? Nelly Furtado Singer-Songwriter SOCAN / Canada 5 6 Once my songs leave home, I want them to explore, meet new people, have fun, and get up to no good every once in a while... just as long as they keep in touch regularly and send the odd postcard. Imogen Heap Recording Artist-Songwriter PRS for MUSIC / United Kingdom 7 8 Scriptwriters and directors are forced to give away their rights, only to see business players profit from them. This must change. Audiovisual creators deserve to participate in the success of their works. Paul Powell TV Writer / Creative Director ALCS / United Kingdom 9 10 Authors’ rights are our salary. We have an erratic profession. It can make us millionaires, give us a decent life or make us collapse into poverty. Our work must be protected by strong legal frameworks and helped by governments. Roberto “Tito” Cossa Playwright ARGENTORES / Argentina 11 12 So that the book publisher shall not be the airplane and the author the bicycle, we must unite our letters, writing with words that do not exist. Manuel Rui Writer-Lyricist SPA / Angola 13 14 Art is universal. The resale right for visual artists and their beneficiaries ought to be as well. Yan Pei-Ming Visual Artist ADAGP / China 15 16 PRESIDENCY Our industries depend on strong copyright Through laws that protect the works of creators and culture allow them to see financial returns on the we connect projects they invest in. people, Through culture we con- nect people, we evoke emotions, we promote we evoke diversity. If we cannot live off our works of art, emotions, Fair remuneration is crucial to the future of if we cannot create the community of creators, and particularly anymore, the world will we for the continued creation of works of art by be poorer not only young minds. If the system no longer provides culturally but also eco- promote an incentive for new generations to make a nomically. living in the creative field, why would they diversity. choose to go there? CISAC is standing with the artistic community In 2015, the CISAC study Cultural Times, drew to fight for fair remuneration. We urge policy for the first time a clear picture of what makers to rebalance the transfer of value authors bring to the global economy. And currently taking place in the digital market, the image is impressive. Creative industries where internet intermediaries build multi- are a $2,250 billion dollar (USD) business, billion dollar businesses on the backs of directly employing close to 30 million people creative content, yet do not remunerate around the world. However, at the same time, authors properly or fairly. It is our duty and our authors are receiving less and less of these responsibility, for the future of our culture and revenues. our society, to protect creators. JEAN-MICHEL JARRE COMPOSER – PRODUCER / PRESIDENT OF CISAC 17 VICE PRESIDENTS Through music, The general public women’s voices, offers overwhelming still too often support for local reduced to silence, productions. can be heard. JAVED AKHTAR - SCRIPTWRITER – POET – LYRICIST / VICE PRESIDENT ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO - SINGER-SONGWRITER / VICE PRESIDENT With an immense population and emerging middle class hungry for My songs help spread the heritage of my culture, Asia has become the leading country and my continent, Africa, continent in terms of wealth and employment in throughout the world� Music is undoubtedly cultural and creative industries� In music, film, the most widely spoken language in the world, and and other mediums, the general public offers culture, in all its forms, knows no borders� CISAC overwhelming support for local productions� India is defends this means of interaction, of social already the number one producer of films worldwide cohesion, and of expression of cultural diversity� and sixth largest market in terms of box-office Through music, women’s voices, still too often revenues� The book and press markets are also reduced to silence, can be heard� developing rapidly, all of which combines to offer Listen to what women have to say, give them great potential to creators� India has passed an recognition and encourage them as creators, excellent Copyright Amendment Law that is on par remunerate them for their creative work – these are with the best practices in the world� However, illegal the simple attitudes that will change the way in copies and unlicensed sharing of creative works which women view their daily lives� I hope this remain dominant, taking away rightful remuneration empowerment will inspire young women worldwide from creators� Countries around the world, including to do as I have done, to find their voice, to be proud India, need to reinforce the protection of intellectual of their heritage, to contribute to the rejuvenation property in order to preserve our cultures and our of their cultures, and to share them with the rest identities� The role of CISAC is decisive in carrying of the world� Then all humanity would benefit� this message in the name of all creators� 18 VICE PRESIDENTS VICE PRESIDENTS Currently, the right CISAC promotes to remuneration the adoption of exists in only protective laws a handful and helps create new of countries. authors’ societies. MARCELO PIÑEYRO - FILMMAKER / VICE PRESIDENT OUSMANE SOW - SCULPTOR / VICE PRESIDENT In Latin America, my region, Chile is When I started out, I didn’t know in the process of adopting into law an whether I could make a living from my unassignable and unwaivable right to art� The situation is still the same today remuneration for screenwriters and directors� for many artists in Africa and CISAC’s support This is the result of an intense advocacy is vital� CISAC promotes the adoption of campaign by CISAC with Writers & Directors protective laws, helps create new authors’ Worldwide, launched in Beijing last November, societies, and organises targeted training for the fair remuneration of audiovisual creators programmes for authors so that they are better with a right to receive payment for the reuse or able to protect their rights� rebroadcast of their works� Currently, this right The campaign for the universal adoption of exists in only a handful of countries, but to be the resale right fights for visual artists to effective in the digital age, where films know no receive a small percentage of the selling price borders, it must be embraced by all� Then and when their works are resold by an auction only then will authors receive royalties for their house or a gallery� Many African countries work no matter where it is shown in the world� support this fight and have defended it with It is with these royalties that scriptwriters and CISAC at the World Intellectual Property directors will be able to create the stories of Organisation (WIPO)� Adopting this right tomorrow, for the benefit of all� would demonstrate respect for visual artists throughout the world� 19 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR GENERAL “Our priorities can be summed up in one phrase: fair remuneration for authors.” GADI ORON, DIRECTOR GENERAL WHAT IS THE GLOBAL TREND members� The new approach would and the general public through our IN AUTHORS’ RIGHTS PROTECTION?

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