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Illustration licence for libraries

Using book illustrations in a video made by a library.

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• 20.4.2021
• News

The copyright act reform will bring new rights to authors as well as newspaper and magazine publishers

The EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market will change the Finnish legislation. There has been plenty of discussion on narrowing the value gap: the Directive makes platform services such as Facebook and Instagram liable with regard to the copyright of the content shared on them. But what kind of other things could result from taking the Directive into account in the Finnish copyright legislation?

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• 9.4.2021
• News

Copyrighted materials can now also be used in basic education in the arts. Licences for early childhood education and educational institutions do not change

The Finnish National Agency for Education has made an agreement with Kopiosto and APFI, an organisation representing the interests of producers in the field of audiovisual content production, on using copyrighted materials in teaching and early childhood education in 2021. The licences cover the copying of materials and presenting TV programmes in education.

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In addition to grants, culture needs functional structures

The creative industry has suffered severely from the limitations caused by the coronavirus. We are now constantly hearing cries for help from those working in culture: the industry needs support – more and faster. In his blog, our CEO Valtteri Niiranen points out that in addition to short-term measures, it is also important to look further, to the structures supporting the industry.

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• 23.2.2021
• Meet the artist

Writer Eveliina Talvitie is not ashamed of wanting to change the world

In her latest book, Eveliina Talvitie writes about the significance of life experience and meets with women of various ages who proudly identify as old. The book Vanha nainen tanssii (Old Woman Dancing) was released in January.

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• 22.2.2021
• AVEK

New cuts to the creative industries, which are in need of support: even the sprouts of growth are being suppressed

“The beginning of new stories is in jeopardy,” writes Director of AVEK Ulla Simonen in her blog. The DigiDemo and CreaDemo grants distributed by AVEK will be cut by half in 2021, and the future of the appropriation is unknown.

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• 16.2.2021
• News

Horse enthusiasts are also interested in the past

The Hevosurheilu magazine is setting out to digitise its issues. “Our subscribers also want to read articles about horses, drivers, trainers and grooms from the past,” says the magazine’s Managing Director Keijo Kinnula. The magazine has agreed upon the copyright licences required for the digitisation with Kopiosto.

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• 10.2.2021
• AVEK

Changes to support guidelines: fixed support sums for the film and media art grants

The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture AVEK support guidelines have changed, and the new guidelines are valid from the beginning of 2021. Read this article for information about the most significant changes.

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• 26.1.2021
• News

Kopiosto’s copyright remunerations to creative industries: EUR 66 million paid in 2020

In 2020, Kopiosto distributed almost EUR 66 million in copyright remunerations to performing artists, authors, publishers and producers. The amount of remuneration increased by an exceptional EUR 20 million from the previous year. The increase in distribution was due to the fact that last year, among other remunerations, a multi-year accumulation of remunerations was settled with APFI, which represents audiovisual producers.

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• 19.1.2021
• News

Meet the new members of the Kopiosto board of directors

Two new members were appointed to the Kopiosto Board of Directors by the member organisations of Kopiosto in their autumn meeting in December: Chief Steward Anu Kähkönen and Legal Director Ismo Huhtanen. Anu and Ismo represent the Union of Finnish Radio and TV Journalists and the newspaper and magazine publisher organisations, respectively. Learn more about them from this interview.

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