📢 Today, EVA co-signed a joint statement on the underwhelming outcomes of the GPAI Code of Practice, GPAI guidelines and the Template for disclosure of a sufficiently detailed summary of training data, which disregarded the input of European CCSs 👉 bit.ly/3IR80CH

Let the Culture Lead Us Forward ⏩💪

Today, EVA co-signed the open letter calling on the European Parliament, the European Commission, and Member States to preserve Creative Europe as a stand-alone programme in the next MFF 👉 bit.ly/4knyw3E

EVA wishes the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU @eu2025dk.bsky.social every success in its work 💙

We welcome the focus on the challenges posed by AI to the creative sectors and to copyright compliance that is proposed by the Presidency programme 👉 bit.ly/4ek4bkS

©️ @nguala.bsky.social

Paving the way forward together 🚀

This Monday, EVA held its first Board meeting and General Assembly of 2025 in Brussels 💜

Read more 👉 bit.ly/4kKI0qv

🗣️EVA was invited to express its position on #AI and #copyright during today's JURI Committee meeting at the @europarl.europa.eu

We addressed 3 key points:

🔹TDM exception
🔹licensing for visual arts
🔹respect of the EU copyright acquis

Follow the webstreaming 👉https://bit.ly/4mRL85E

EVA joins the campaign #StayTrueToTheAct 💪 and suggests 3️⃣ key principles that policy-makers should follow to ensure a faithful and effective implementation of the AI Act ✅

Learn more about the campaign 👉 staytruetotheact.eu

Will the role of creators in AI development be protected and valorized? 🤔
EVA joins the campaign #StayTrueToTheAct 💪 to reiterate the shortcomings of the 3rd draft of the CoP, which does not meet the adequacy requirement provided by the EU AI Act, endangered the Act as a whole 👉 staytruetotheact.eu

Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺 🎉

#Culture is the heartbeat of Europe ❤️ and the capital of the future. It is the core of our European values and it glues our societies and democracies together 🫂

Read EVA resolutions for Europe Day 👉 bit.ly/3SuRrhe

📢 Creators for Europe United calls for our support 📢

The German creative sector mobilized to protect Europe's creative soul with an open letter to EVP Henna Virkkunen ✍️

Sign the open letter 👉https://bit.ly/42GujkB

⚠️Check your mailbox❗You will have to confirm your signature via email

Ahead of #WorldIPDay ⏳@wipo.int

What would music be without art⁉️
As this year we celebrate the power of music in bridging tradition and innovation 🎨 we also acknowledge the role of visual arts in making sounds and feelings tangible and appealing 🎧

©️ @nguala.bsky.social

Happy @unesco.org World Book & Copyright Day ©️ 📚

A story is never just that: it is fundamental to support the work of authors and of the visual artists that bring the written page to life to unlock the full potential for our societies 🫂

🎨©️ @nguala.bsky.social

Today is World Art Day 🎨 🌍 @unesco.org

Isn’t it amazing how an artist alone can build connections all over the world? 🤝 We must make sure that artists’ fundamental role in our societies is acknowledged 🏅and that they are adequately supported in their careers💸 #payartists

©️ @nguala.bsky.social

🤝EVA joined forces with a coalition of EU’s rightsholders in cultural & creative sectors to denounce the shortcomings of the 3rd draft of the GPAI Code of Practice 📄which undermines the objectives of the AI Act and doesn't take into account feedback of rightsholders 📢https://bit.ly/43vMJ9Y

Today at the @ecsa.bsky.social Creators Conference at the EP, to discuss AI and authors’ rights and unfair contractual practices ©️⚖️ which affect all creators, including visual authors 💪🏻

The forum was opened by Vice-Chairs @emmarafowicz.bsky.social, @zdrojewski.bsky.social, and Commissioner Micallef

Can we afford to be 128 years late on the gender equality goal? ⏰ By empowering female artists and creators ♀️ with concrete actions, we can fill that gap in the cultural sector, starting from now!💪

#InternationalWomenDay #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

©️ Laetitia Nguala Masamba

📢📄 EVA co-signs a letter addressed to the Czech Ministry of Culture to strongly oppose the recent proposal of amending the Copyright legislation, which would affect private copying compensation & Czech cultural and creative industries ➡️ bit.ly/41Hq1dt

@ecsa.bsky.social @aepoartis.bsky.social @ifjglobal.bsky.social @saabrussels.bsky.social @ceatl.bsky.social @uniglobalunion.org @screendirectors.eu @efjeurope.bsky.social FIA, IAO, EWC, UVA, FSE, FIM

📢📄EVA & several authors’ organisations sent a joint letter to EVP Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef to denounce the lack of progress in the 2nd draft of the GPAI Code of Practice. We urge policymakers to develop an #AI strategy that respects authors’ #IP rights.

📄Read the letter ➡️ bit.ly/3EH1qwh

Ahead of the #ParisAISummit, EVA joins forces with 37 creators’ organisations to demand respect for ©️ in AI development.

🔹No trusted AI without respect for #IP rights.
🔹No ethical AI without authors' #authorisation.
🔹No sovereign AI without a fair business model.

The call 👉 bit.ly/4jZn27w

📖New version of the @wipo.int CMOs toolkit available !

#CMOs are the most effective for ©️ enforcement, protecting and paying #artists. They also provide cultural, social, and educational services for the benefit of artists 🧑‍🎨

Take a look at the latest version of the toolkit 👇https://bit.ly/4aOXOEp

EVA is now on Bluesky 🦋🌤️💙

We’re excited to be here — let’s connect and stand united in support of visual artists' rights! 👨‍🎨

#EuropeanVisualArtists #VisualArtists #PayArtists