History
The European Producer Associations Alliance (EPAA) was launched at the Cannes Film Festival 2005.It unites 35 of the most prominent national producer associations across Europe and is coordinated by the European Producers Club team.
Examples of our actions include:
On a European level:
- Numerous positions agains Amendment 138 of the Telecoms Package;
- Meetings with the Head of the Media Programme to voice the demands of European film professionals when designing the new programme;
- Position papers sent to the press, institutions and the European Commission on issues such as territoriality, the TWF directive, Piracy, VOD.
On a national level:
- A formal objection addressed to the French government in 2006 protesting against the "Global Licence" which would legalise the uncontrolled sharing of works over the Internet;
- The defence of the German and Finnish producers in keeping their rights from the broadcasters;
- Research on collective agreements.