Five common mistakes in transparency reports, and how to avoid them

Article 19 of the EU Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (DSM) gives authors and performers the right to receive up-to-date, relevant and comprehensive information on the exploitation of their works. In most countries this has now been implemented in national law, read our u003ca href=u0022#u0022u003ecountry overviewu003c/au003e for the details.rnrnu0026nbsp;rnrnIn short: if you contract creative talent, you need to be able to tell them where, how and with what revenue the production is being used, at least once a year.

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