Jean-Marie Cavada, DVP: « We have a huge hill to climb against the Gafas »

The 366-member Société des droits voisins de la presse (DVP), chaired by Jean-Marie Cavada, faces challenges in its negotiations with digital platforms, not least because of the lack of data on the use of its content, which has led it to collaborate with Médiamétrie to conduct a survey aimed at…

LaFA white paper: preserving the French model

LaFA's white paper highlights the urgent need for the French audiovisual sector to preserve its model in the face of global competition, while affirming its key role in the country's culture and economy. Rodolphe Belmer, Delphine Ernotte, Pascal Rogard and David El Sayegh all reiterated their attachment to the principles…

CMOs digital challenges: results of Polish survey

The Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU has just published the results of its survey of member states on the current challenges facing collective management organisations (CMOs). Among them, the technological difficulty of identifying works produced by AIs, which is one of the emerging topics, as well as…

Kadrey v Meta: a half-hearted victory for Meta

In one of the most emblematic lawsuits between rights holders and AI developers, Meta has just won an important victory, but the judgment points out that with better arguments, the authors would probably have won. This week is definitely not a good one for rights holders. On June 23, a…

Digital sector calls on EU to suspend implementation of AI Act

Important provisions of the AI Act will come into force on August 2. The CCIA is calling for a postponement of this date, as the implementing provisions could not be adopted in time by the Commission. At a time when European leaders are meeting in Brussels to boost the continent's…