Dear Members of the EuropeanParliament,WE UNDERSIGNED EUROPEAN CREATORS - ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING FROM ALL ARTISTIC FIELDS, ARE ASKING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND
ADOPT THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.
Our films, plays, books, articles, music, drawings, paintings, sculptures, photos,
choreographies and other forms of art are a source of wealth and pride for Europeanculture. Our art is both our passion and our profession.
For people to continue enjoying European culture in today’s digital environment, and forcreators to be able to make a living today and tomorrow, we urge you to adopt theCopyright Directive.
This directive creates a much-needed level playing field between us, the creators, andthose who communicate and distribute our works on different media and platforms. It isa matter of mutual respect. It is essential to the sustainability of our activities andtherefore of the cultural and artistic diversity of Europe.
It is in everyone’s interests to promote authors’ rights so that they may continue tocreate, and in doing so bring lasting benefits to the whole of society. To retain Europe’sbest talents and build the next generation of European creators, we must safeguard
creators’ rights and promote their livelihoods. We cannot afford to wait another decadefor copyright legislation to be adapted to the digital environment. This is not only about
us but about the future of Europe’s culture.
You have the opportunity to send a historical and positive message to future generationsof creators: that they are valued and that they will be fairly remunerated for their work.
We therefore urgently call on you, Members of the European Parliament, to say yes tothis reform.
13 March 2019

Signatories:

1 (6)Matthew Irons, Singer and SongwriterFred Jannin, Cartoonist, Screenwriter, Directorand Comedian
Tom Kestens, Composer and MusicianSophie Kovess-Brun, Screenwriter and Director
Jérôme le Maire, Screenwriter and Director
Guillaume Malandrin, Screenwriter andDirector
Emmanuel Marre, Director
Catherine Montondo, Scriptwriter and Director
Tom Novembre, Composer, Singer and Actor
Alain Poncelet, Comic-strip artist
Inès Rabadan. Scriptwriter and Director
Michaël R. Roskam, Director and Screenwriter
Guillaume Senez, Director
Yves Sente, Comic book authorFrédéric Sojcher, Filmmaker and Professor
Paola Stévenne, Author, Producer and Director
Samuel Tilman, Director and Screenwriter
Guérin van de Vorst, Screenwriter and Director
Jaco Van Dormael, Screenwriter and Director
Felix van Groeningen, Director andScreenwriter
Georges Van Linthout, Cartoonist andScreenwriter
Micha Wald, Director and Screenwriter
Kris Wauters, Musician, Singer and Songwriter
Isabelle Wéry, Writer and Actress

Austria
Reinhold Bilgeri, Screenwriter and Director
Werner Boote, Screenwriter and Director
Gerhard Ertl, Screenwriter, Director andProducer
VALIE EXPORT, Media artist, Performance artist
and Filmmaker
Brigitte Kowanz, Transmedia artist and Lightartist
Hermann Nitsch, Action performer, Painter,Composer and Set designerPeter Payer, Director
Stefan Ruzowitzky, Director
Cesár Sampson, Singer and Songwriter
Eva Schlegel, Media and Object artist andPhotographer
Erwin Wurm, Performance artist, Sculptor,
Video artist and Photographer
Heimo Zobernig, Painter, Sculptor, Filmmakerand Performance artist

Belgium
Michaël Bier, Director and Screenwriter
Yves Cantraine, Director, Writer andPhotographer
Fred Castadot, Screenwriter
Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Screenwriterand Director
Baron Stijn Coninx, Director and Screenwriter
Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Writer, Director andProducer
Luc Dardenne, Writer, Director and Producer
Benjamin d'Aoust, Director and Screenwriter
Alain Daussin, Photographer
Paul De Gobert, Painter
Adeline Dieudonné, Author
Xavier Diskeuve, Author, Director,
Screenwriter, Producer and Journalist
Géraldine Doignon, Director and Screenwriter
Matthieu Donck, Screenwriter and Director
Stefaan Fernande, Songwriter
Benoit Feroumont, Screenwriter, Director andCartoonist
Frédéric Fonteyne, Director
Matthieu Frances, Screenwriter and Director
Jean-Luc Goossens, Writer and Director
Thomas Gunzig, Author

Czech Republic
Jan Hrebejk, Writer and Director
Petr Janda, Singer, Composer and Musician
David Koller, Composer and Singer
Richard Krajčo, Composer, Songwriter andSinger
Michal Prokop, Singer and SongwriterOndřej Soukup, Composer and Music producerZdeněk Svěrák, Scriptwriter, Author, Dramatist,Writer and Actor
Milan Uhde, Author, Writer, Dramatist andScriptwriter
Emil Viklický, Composer and Jazzman
Meky Žbirka, Composer and Singer

Denmark
Lars Ankerstjerne, Songwriter and Producer
Frans Bak, Film composer
Pernille Rosendahl, Singer and Songwriter

2 (6)Bertrand Tavernier, Filmmaker
Julien Teisseire, Filmmaker
Laurent Tirard, FilmmakerMiss.Tic, Street artist
Xavier Veilhan, Plastic artist
Patrick Zachmann, Photographer
Guy Le Querrec, Photographer
Katell Quillevéré, Filmmaker

FinlandEija-Liisa Ahtila, Visual artist and FilmmakerMarjatta Hanhijoki, Graphic artist
Marjukka Korhonen, Sculptor
Juho Kuosmanen, Director and Screenwriter
Kaija Kärkinen, Lyricist
Marita Liulia, Visual artist
Markus Nordenstreng, Songwriter
Mari Rantasila, Director, Actress and Musician
Heli Rekula, Photographer
Jani Ruscica, Visual artist
Kari Soinio, Photographer
Aku Toivonen, Songwriter
Milja Viita, Visual artist and Filmmaker
Wiggo Wallensköld, PainterGermany
Alexander Adolph, Screenwriter, Director andProducer
Knut Boeser, ScreenwriterFred Breinersdorfer, Screenwriter
Prof. Peter F. Bringmann, Director
Dr. Rainer Fabich, Composer, Music Producer
Harold Faltermeyer, Musician, Composer andRecord producer
Amelie Fried, Writer and TV moderator
Aelrun Goette, Director
Jochen Greve, Screenwriter
Oliver Heuss, Film Composer
Oliver Hirschbiegel, Director
Hannah Hollinger, Screenwriter
Matthias Hornschuh, Composer
Wiebke Jaspersen, Screenwriter
Christian Jeltsch, Screenwriter
Holger Karsten Schmidt, Screenwriter
Imogen Kimmel, Director
Gabi Kubach, Director
Petra Lüschow, Screenwriter and Director
Herbert Nauderer, Artist and Musician
Carolin Otto, Screenwriter and Director
Maris Pfeiffer, Director
Domenikus Probst, Director
Christoph Rinnert, Composer
Marcus O. Rosenmüller, Director
Johannes Rotter, Screenwriter
Volker Schlöndorff, Filmmaker
Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock, Composer
Rolf Silber, Screenwriter and DirectorElżbieta ‘Ela’ Steinmetz, Singer and Songwriter
Hans P. Ströer, Composer and Musician
Annika Tepelmann, Screenwriter
Eva Zahn & Volker A. Zahn, Screenwriter
Dr. Ralf Weigand, Composer and Musicproducer
Christian Wagner, Director
Eva Wehrum, Screenwriter and Producer

FranceJef Aerosol, Street-artist
Jane Evelyn Atwood, Photographer
Serge Bloch, Illustrator
Eric Bouvet, Photographer
Daniel Buren, Plastic artist
C215, Street artist
Catherine Corsini, Filmmaker
Costa-Gavras, Filmmaker
Odile Decq, Architect
Sophie Deschamps, Screenwriter
Michel Hazanavicius, Filmmaker
Invader (Space invaders), Visual artist
Agnès Jaoui, Screenwriter, Director andActressCédric Klapisch, Writer, Director and Producer
Anne Landois, Showrunner and Screenwriter
Xavier Legrand, Filmmaker
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, Screenwriter andDirector
Radu Mihaileanu, Filmmaker
Sarah Moon, Photographer
Isabelle Nanty, Screenwriter and ComedianPhilippe Ramette, Sculptor
Noémie Saglio, Screenwriter, Director
Jean-Paul Salomé, FilmmakerMarjane Satrapi, Comic book writer andFilmmakerGeorge Saulterre, Sculptor
Antoine Schneck, Photographer
Céline Sciamma, Filmmaker

3 (6)Hans Werner, Director
Helmut Zerlett, Composer and Music Producer

Karlis Kazaks, Songwriter and Musician
Karlis Lacis, Composer
Valdis Muktupavels, Ethnomusicologist,
Composer and Musician
Juris Arvids Murnieks, Songwriter and Musicpublisher
Valdis Rumnieks, Writer and Literary historian
Ingus Ulmanis, Songwriter and Musician

GreeceNikos Kasseris, Photographer
George Papathanassiou, Photo reporter

Hungary

Lithuania

Anikó Ézsiás, Editor and Art historian
László Czető Bernát, Screenwriter andDramaturge
László Cselényi, Film director and Editor
György Dobray, Director
Zsolt Gyökössy, Theathre and television
director and Writer
Gábor Herendi, Film director and Screenwriter
Zoltán Hevér, Director
István Juhász F., Screenwriter and Dramaturge
László Juszt, Reporter, Writer and Journalist
Gábor Kiss, Director of photography
Gyula László Váradi, Music historian andDirector
Éva Pataki, Writer, Screenwriter and Filmdirector
Krisztina Rényi, Graphic artistGyőző Sárkány, Graphic artist
Nóra Simon, Dubbing dramaturgeÁgnes Szalkai-Lőrincz, Dubbing dramaturgeand AV translator
Orsolya Székely, Producer and Director
György Szomjas, DirectorTamás Tóth, Literary translator and Translator

Arunas Matelis, Director, Writer and Producer

Luxembourg
Daniel Balthasar, Author, Composer andPerformer
David Galassi, Author, Composer and Singer
David Laborier, Composer and Performer
John Rech, Author, Composer and Performer
Pascal Schumacher, Composer and Performer
Serge Tonnar, Author, Composer andPerformer
Gast Waltzing, Composer
Roland Wiltgen, Composer and Performer

Netherlands
Karin Bloemen, Actress, Singer and Lyricist
Jet Boeke, Illustrator
Koos Breukel, Photographer
Merlijn Doomernik, Photographer
Barry Hay, Composer, Artist
Micha Hamel, Composer
Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Photographer
Ruben Oppenheimer, Cartoonist
Pim Ras, Photographer
Freek van den Bergh, Photographer
Ruud van Empel, Fine artist
Eric van Tijn, Producer

Italy
Liliana Cavani, Director
Matteo Garrone, Director
Marco Tullio Giordana, Screenwriter andDirector
Ennio Morricone, Composer, Orchestrator andConductor
Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, Director
Paolo Taviani, Director

PolandUrszula Dudziak, Vocalist
Agnieszka Holland, Director and Screenwriter
Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Composer
Marek Kościkiewicz, Vocalist, Songwriter andMusic producer
Pawel Pawlikowski, Director
Jan Pospieszalski, Composer and MusicianPiotr Rubik, Composer

LatviaMartins Brauns, Songwriter and Musician
Lauris Gundars, Writer and Playwright
Janis Holsteins-Upmanis, Songwriter andMusician

4 (6)Maria Sadowska, Director and Actress

Katarína Kubošiová (Katarzia), Singer,SongwriterPeter Lipa, Singer, Songwriter
Vašo Patejdl, Singer and Songwriter
Marián Puobiš, Screenwriter and Translator
Ondrej Šulaj, Screenwriter, Director andPlaywriter
Miroslav Žbirka, Singer and Songwriter

Portugal
Pedro Abrunhosa, Musician, Composer,Songwriter and Performer
Catarina Amaro, Scenographer
TóZé Brito, Musician, Composer, Songwriterand PerformerPedro Calapez, PainterPaulo de Carvalho, Musician, Composer,Songwriter and Performer
António Casimiro, Painter and Scenographer
José Jorge Letria, Writer, Musician, Composerand Songwriter
Inácio Ludgero, Photographer
António Victorino d'Almeida, Maestro
Carlos Alberto Moniz, Maestro

Spain
Alfonso Albacete, PainterPedro Almodóvar, Screenwriter and Director
Carla Andrade, PainterOlatz Arroyo Abaroa, Screenwriter
Carlos Clavijo Cobos, Director and Screenwriter
Borja Cobeaga Eguillor, Director andScreenwriter
Isabel Coixet, Director and Producer
Ignacio Faerna García-Bermejo, Screenwriter
Verónica Fernández Rodríguez, Screenwriter
José Freixanes, PainterYolanda García Serrano, Director andScreenwriter
Juan Genovés, PainterLuis Gordillo, Painter
Joaquín Górriz Portella, Screenwriter
Rafael Levenfeld, Photographer
Robert Llimós, PainterCarlos López García, ScreenwriterSusana López Rubio, Screenwriter
Eva Lootz, PainterChema Madoz, PhotograferÓscar Mariné, Designer
Alicia Martín, Installations and performances
Juan Luis Moraza, Installations andperformances
Antón Patiño, PainterEsther Pizarro, Installations and performances
Alberto Rodriguez, Screenwriter and Director
Francisco Javier Royo Fernandez, Screenwriter
Eulàlia Valldosera, Video Artist
Valentín Vallhonrat, Photographer
Virginia Yagüe Romo, ScreenwriterSusana Solano, Sculptor and PainterMontserrat Soto, Photographer
Benito Zambrano Tejero, Director andScreenwriter

Romania
Tudor-Flaviu Giurgiu, Director andScreenwriter
Stere Gulea, Director and Screenwriter
Napoleon-Leonardo Helmis, Director andScreenwriterŞerban Marinescu, Director and Screenwriter
Cristian Mungiu, Director and ScreenwriterCălin Peter Netzer, Director and Screenwriter
Liviu-Doru Nitescu, Director and Screenwriter
Dan Pita, Director and Screenwriter
Constantin Popescu, Director and Screenwriter
Alexa Visarion, Director and Screenwriter

Slovakia
Eva Borušovičová, Director, Screenwriter andWriter
Miroslava Brezovská, Translator
Judita Csáderová, Photographer
Dušan Dušek, Writer and Screenwriter
Elena Flašková, Translator
Peter Gála, Graphic designer, Photographer
and Illustrator
Martin Kellenberger, Painter, Illustrator andGraphic artist
Jana Kirschner, Singer and Songwriter
Daniel Kollár, Writer
Monika Kompaníková, Writer and Artist
Uršula Kovalyk, Writer

5 (6)Anne Rooney, Writer
Cath Senker, Writer
Nick Sharratt, Writer and Illustrator
Francesca Simon, WriterCharles Sturridge, Director and Screenwriter
Ali Smith, Writer
Joan Smith, Writer
Steve Smith, Director
Adrian Sterling, WriterCharles Sturridge, Writer and Director
Delyth Thomas, Director and Producer
Joanna Trollope OBE, Writer
Sarah Waters, WriterSusanna White, Director

Sweden
Benny Andersson, Musician and Composer
Ernst Billgren, Artist
Carl Johan De Geer, Artist
Paul Hansen, Photographer and Journalist
Stina Wirsén, Illustrator and Author
Lasse Åberg, Artist and Filmmaker
Jockum Nordström, Artist
Karin Mamma Andresson, Artist
Lars Jonsson, Artists and Bird Painter

United Kingdom
Kate Atkinson, Writer
Faye Bird, Writer
Malorie Blackman, Writer
Tony Bradman, Writer
Tracy Chevalier, Writer
Wendy Cope OBE, Writer
Poppy Corbett, Theatre writer
Maureen Duffy, Writer
Stella Duffy OBE, Writer and Theatre author
Jonathan Fryer, Writer
Piers Haggard, Director
Joanne Harris, Writer
Victoria Horn, Songwriter
Shirley Hughes, WriterPeter Kosminsky, Writer, Director andProducer
Jane Lamacraft, ScreenwriterPhil Manzanera, British composer and guitarist
Roger Michell, DirectorSir Alan Parker, Director and Screenwriter
Paul Powell, Screenwriter and Producer
Diane Redmond, Screenwriter
Michael Ridpath, Writer

Other Europeancountries
Yngvild Sve Flikke, Director, Norway
Andrija Lekic, Photographer, Serbia
Nebojsa Markovic, Photographer, Serbia
Petar Markovic, Photographer, Serbia
Kajsa Næss, Director, Norway
Zeljko Safar, Photographer, Serbia
Eric Richter Strand, Director and Screenwriter,
NorwayVladimir Tatarevic, Professor of photography,
SerbiaEllen Ugelstad, Director, Norway
Vojislav Vujanic, Photographer, Serbia
Dr. Nikola Vukčević, Director and Professor,Montenegro

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