On May 28th and 29th, Writers & Directors Worldwide landed in Tokyo for its Executive Committee. The council was in Japan to continue building momentum and expand efforts to bring new rights to creators across the region. It also allowed ...
Asia-Pacific is ripe for growth for creators and cultural industries, particularly screenwriters and directors. While Australia collects a significant amount from TV and radio for the audiovisual artistic repertoire, according to CISAC’s 2018 Global Collections Report, the rest of the ...
W&DW held its Executive Committee and annual congress in Moscow upon the invitation of the Russian Union of Right-holders (RUR) on March 25th to 27th. Delegates from over 20 countries gathered for the congress, many of whom joined ...
Writers & Directors Worldwide (W&DW) held elections for a new President, Vice President and the Executive Committee on March 27th, 2019. The elections were held during the W&DW annual congress in Moscow, hosted by the Russian Union ...
Screenwriters, directors and audiovisual authors from around the globe will unite in the Russian Federation for the annual Writers & Directors Worldwide (W&DW) congress March 25th to 27th. It is one of the most important global gatherings ...
As the negotiations on the proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market are drawing to a conclusion, European and international authors and performers' organisations from all sectors urge the EU negotiators to strengthen the much-needed Article -14 providing ...
European and international authors and performers’ organisations from all sectors urge Member States to support the much-needed Article -14 providing for fair and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers in the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market.
Proposed ...
Paris, November 8th, 2018 - Global royalties’ collections for creators of music, audiovisual, visual arts, drama and literature rose to a record high of €9.6 billion in 2017, up 6.2% on the previous year, according to the 2018 Global Collections Report published today by CISAC (...
Writers & Directors Worldwide, the council dedicated to fighting for audiovisual authors’ rights, has elected Argentinean film director and screenwriter, Horacio Maldonado, as its new president.
The election took place as audiovisual authors internationally gathered at its 2017 congress in Venice ...
Thanks to the hard work of our colleagues at DAC, a video of our latest executive committee meeting is now available. The English version is shown above but you may also view this with Spanish or Portuguese subtitles if you ...
