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• 8.3.2023
• News

Update to the Copyright Act – rights of creative professionals to be reinforced

The update to the Copyright Act was passed by Parliament on Monday. The amendments to the Act will improve the position of authors, publishers and performing artists as required by EU directives.

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• 6.2.2023
• Yleinen

Kopiosto distributes eur 54 million in copyright remunerations to the creative industry

In 2022, Kopiosto distributed EUR 54 million in copyright remunerations to authors, publishers, performing artists and producers.

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• 22.11.2022
• News

Copyright education resource Kopiraittila also launched in Spain

The Spanish version of the Kopiosto-maintained Kopiraittila, Aula del Derecho de Autor, was launched in Spain at the beginning of October. The website has been produced by CEDRO, a sister organisation of Kopiosto. CEDRO regards the website as a good addition to the training programmes in intellectual property rights offered in the educational field.

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• 13.6.2022
• Meet the artist

Art makes room for imagination

Last year, the AVEK Award, the most significant Finnish accolade for media art, was presented to artist Tuomas A. Laitinen. “I’ve spent the award money on my basic work in particular, i.e. making new art works. The award was very helpful in that it allowed me to start new things. Having time for various experiments has been important.”

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• 1.2.2022
• News

New appointments at Kopiosto -Kirsi Salmela appointed Director, Legal Affairs

Kirsi Salmela has been appointed the new Director of Legal Affairs of Kopiosto. Matias Anttonen is the new Licensing Manager and Communications Manager Maria Bregenhøj will take up the position of Director of Communications.

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Mediarata

Mediarata grant is a form of financial aid paid out from the Ministry of Education and Culture’s special appropriations to enhance the media art production culture.

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• 27.1.2022
• News

EUR 57 million of copyright remunerations for the creative industry from Kopiosto

In 2021, Kopiosto paid a total of EUR 57.1 million to performers, authors and publishers as copyright remunerations.

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Films and media art

There are three different types of support available for films and media art: support for companies, project grants and scriptwriting support. More detailed support instructions for each type of support can be found below. Support decisions are made by the film or media art commissioner.

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Support for international promotion

The aim of the support for international promotion is to promote the internationalisation of professionals in the audiovisual industry; authors, organisations/companies, works and productions as well as general international networking in the industry. The support can also be granted on a case-by-case basis for international parties for the distribution of Finnish audiovisual works and/or promoting their visibility.

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• 5.10.2021
• AVEK

Cinematic time and the accumulation of ecosocial crises

In his essay, researcher and filmmaker Alejandro Pedregal traces back to the early days of cinema. The new art form emerged during a capitalist era which had fundamentally altered our perception of time. How can cinema today challenge the hegemonic worldview of time produced by the capitalist society and reformulate alternative approaches to contest the current ecosocial crises?

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