On 27 April, the European Commission adopted a major policy document – a “green paper” – on “Unlocking the potential of cultural and creative industries”. This Initiative launches a consultation period of three month.
The Green Paper can be found here.
ECSA’s Swedish member organization SKAP, arranged a collaboration with The Entrepreneurs Hunt, on Friday the 16th of April, in Stockholm. A day long, 10 teams of young entrepreneurs were set out to deliberate on a key challenge of the music market: promoting future creativity on the internet, providing widespread, affordable access to content for the public and encouraging simultaneously a dynamic creative culture, while returning value to the creators.
”They had many interesting ideas. I find it remarkable that most of the teams pointed to society and the state as holding the major responsibility for culture and therefore building the infrastructure on the internet. There was also a unanimous opinion on the importance of giving the authors a fair remuneration. Perhaps a bit unexpected coming from an entrepreneurial view, “says ECSA Chairman Alfons Karabuda.
