Welcome to the European Publishers Council
Introduction
The EPC has been working with opinion formers and legislators since 1991 to help protect freedom of speech, to support high ethical standards of editorial and advertising content and to protect media diversity and its ownership to encourage the widest possible access for everyone to fact, opinion and entertainment.
Welcome from the Chairman
In this ever-changing media landscape, we are proud to represent the business interests of Europe's leading media companies and proud to have earned the respect of leading regulators and legislators in the European Union. We are a high level group of Chairmen and CEOs of leading European media corporations actively involved in multimedia markets spanning newspaper, magazine, book, journal, internet and online database publishers, and radio and TV broadcasting. Our raison d'être is to work to ensure the regulatory environment is conducive to the continued development of both traditional and new media.- Francisco Pinto Balsemão
Chairman, EPC
- Latest news and issues
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- European Commission Recognises Importance of Copyright for Content Creators in Key New Proposals
- Submission from the European Publishers Council to the Independent Review of Intellectual Property and Growth – The Hargreaves Review - March 2011 (PDF file)
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UK Government Report on IPR and Digital Rights in Line With Publishers’ ‘Big Idea’ Being Launched
at the EU’s Digital Assembly on 17 JunePDF file- Media and Advertising Industry launches new standards for Online Behavioural Advertising (PDF file)
- Publishers Call on Legislators to Protect Press Freedom: Berlin Declaration launched to Address Digital Challenges
- “The Answer to the Machine is in the Machine”: A Big Idea for the Digital Agenda (PDF file)
- “The Answer to the Machine is in the Machine”: Frequently Asked Questions
- EPC response to the EU Consultation on a comprehensive approach to data protection (PDF file)
- Contribution From The European Publishers Council To The Review Of The E-Commerce Directive (PDF file)
- Adequate online copyright essential for success of Digital Europe, say Europe's publishers
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