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The European Grouping of Authors' Societies. Working to promote and protect authors’ rights in Europe through collective action.
Oct 19, 2020 5 tweets 3 min read
🧵Mega thread time🧵
We'll be tweeting here about some of the huge benefits of authors' societies and the collective management model over the course of the next few weeks. Starting with a short video on the basics.
More info on authors' societies here: bit.ly/2TdbphP Authors' societies help sustain the cycle of creativity, which benefits creators, users and society at large. Here are 🖐 key points! #HereForCreators Image
Sep 15, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
1/7 🇪🇺This Thursday the European Parliament will vote on an important resolution: “The Cultural Recovery of Europe”
GESAC thanks @laurencefarreng & @RenewEurope, who initiated the text, which is now the result of a consensus among 6 political groups in the @Europarl_EN 2/7 🦠This is the first resolution related to culture since the outbreak of #COVID19. It comes at a time when the recovery budget is being finalised and conveys the current state of play and needs of the creative sector.
Here are some of the key takeaways: