2013 – JOINT DECLARATION ON SIGNAL PIRACY BY THE WORLD BROADCASTING UNIONS In September the World Broadcasting Unions signed a declaration urging WIPO-Member governments to build on their constructive engagement through the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) and request the General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO): – to prioritise […]
CUP Common Concerns on Directive on Collective Rights Management
2013 – CUP COMMON CONCERNS ON DIRECTIVE ON COLLECTIVE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT The Copyright Users’ Platform (CUP) is a forum for informal dialogue between representative organisations of major copyright users. CUP members meet regularly to discuss EU copyright policy and have actively debated the recent European Commission proposal for a Directive on collective rights management. Building […]
AER’s Key Points on the EC proposal on Management of Rights
2013 – AER’s KEY POINTS ON THE EC PROPOSAL ON MANAGEMENT OF RIGHTS Radio is a constitutive element of the “creative content sector” – radios are both rights holders and important rights users. AER therefore welcomes the displayed objectives set by the proposal for a Directive on collective management of copyright and related rights and […]
Copyright Users And Consumers Propose Standards For Sounder And More Efficient CRM in EU
BRUSSELS, June 6th, 2012 COPYRIGHT USERS AND CONSUMERS PROPOSE STANDARDS FOR SOUNDER AND MORE EFFICIENT COLLECTIVE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN EUROPE Major copyrights users and the European Consumer Organisation are glad to present today a cross-sector agreement on a detailed set of principles which will enable sounder and more efficient management of copyrights for users and […]
Creative Europe – Why radio should be also be included in the MEDIA Programme
April 2012 – CREATIVE EUROPE – WHY RADIO SHOULD BE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE MEDIA PROGRAMME AER is located at: Association Européenne des Radios 76, av. d’Auderghem, 1040 Brussels, Belgium AER’s Interest Representative Register ID Number is 6822083232-32. I. Introduction Radio is by nature a local, regional or national medium, and there is no radio-tailored […]
AER 2012 Conference and General Assembly – 21/03/12 – European Parliament – Brussels
AER 2012 CONFERENCE AND GENERAL ASSEMBLY – MARCH 21ST – EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT – BRUSSELS AER RECALLS THE IMPORTANCE OF RADIO FOR MUSIC, CALLS FOR IMPROVED LICENSING, GOVERNANCE AND TRANSPARENCY FROM COLLECTIVE RIGHTS MANAGEMENT ORGANISATIONS AND CALLS FOR RADIO TO BE INCLUDED IN MEDIA PROGRAMME The Association of European Radios (AER) held in Brussels its 2012 […]
Radiodays Europe in Barcelona – 15+16/03/2012
RADIODAYS EUROPE, THE LARGEST ANNUAL RADIO CONFERENCE IN EUROPE, WILL NEXT YEAR TAKE PLACE AT THE HEART OF BARCELONA’S CENTRAL RAVAL DISTRICT ON MARCH 15th-16th, 2012. Radiodays Europe is the meeting point for all radio in Europe, bringing together private and public radios in Europe. The 2011 conference in Copenhagen had nearly 700 participants from […]
World Radio Day – 13/02/12
WORLD RADIO DAY, FEBRUARY 13TH, 2012 – RADIO MUST REMAIN A FREE MEDIUM / JOURNEE MONDIALE DE LA RADIO, 13 FEVRIER 2012 – LA RADIO DOIT RESTER UN MEDIA LIBRE ET D’ACCES GRATUIT EN The Association of European Radios (AER), representing more than 4500 commercially funded radios from all across Europe, celebrates today the first […]
Talk Radio Access to Airwaves Hindered in Hungary – 07/02/2012
MEDIA RELEASE AER has today written to the Hungarian Media Council to protest alleged irregularities in talk radio licensing procedure. The letter states that the recent appeared prioritisation for musical radio offerings in place of talk radio stations risks to significantly reduce the amount of debates on air in Budapest and in the rest of […]
AER’s Key Points for a Framework on Authors’ and Related Rights – 2012
2012 – AER’S KEY POINTS FOR A FRAMEWORK ON AUTHORS’ AND RELATED RIGHTS Copyrights – Collective management Radio is a constitutive element of the “creative content sector” – Radios are both rights holders and important rights users. Radio broadcasters across Europe pay over €2.6 billion per year for content, mostly music rights, and payment for […]