INTERNET : AUTHORS' SOCIETIES URGE ACTION AGAINST PIRACY.

Tech Europe, December, 2009

Feeling pressured by the fall in revenue from the music industry and the development of the internet, European authors' societies asked the EU to deal with online piracy, during a large conference, on 24 and 25 November in Brussels. At the same time, they are calling for the recognition of their remunerative, economic and cultural activities.

"Artists and authors are today confronted with a decrease in their revenues and the economic value of their work. The development of the internet forcibly imposes some adaptation," said ...