International Federation of
Film Distributors' and Publishers' Associations

On 26 October, FIAD cosigned a letter addressing the possible detrimental effect of the Digital Service Act (DSA) on the protection of the online environment and copyright protected content online. The letter was sent to the European Commission, DSA rapporteurs at the European Parliament and to some Member States officials. It stresses that adopting the DSA as it stands would weaken the current liability regime and have a detrimental impact on the existing standards and good

FIAD is glad that that MEPs in the European Parliament have voted to approve the Report “Europe’s Media in the Digital Decade.” Of particular interest to FIAD is that MEPS voted to emphasise the importance of territorial exclusivity for the film sector. The text from the report states: “whereas territorial and exclusive licensing rights are vital for the film and audiovisual sectors in order to preserve and guarantee their creativity, financing, freedom and long term sustaina

FIAD’s Secretary General – Robert Heslop - participated in a panel discussion on “Online findability of content” organised by the Slovenian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Before touching upon issues related to content findability and technologies used within the film sector, Robert reminded the audience of EU policy makers, representatives of the EU Member States and stakeholders within the film sector the fundamental role played by film distributors for the