Documentation from different countries about
Authorship Rights for Cinematographers
«The makers of a work are also its authors,
providing their contribution is one of "personal and intellectual creativity»
(The fundamental principle of copyright law in most European countries)
Following below you will find fundamental documentation provided by different National Societies as well from single cinematographers and legal advisors.
These documents are of main importance and crucial to defend the right of the cinematographer to pursue the goal of recognition.
With this documentation you can defend along with your legal advisors many aspects of the work and art of the director of photography in your country and abroad.
Introduction
by Tony Costa Vice-President IMAGO
Spain
Photography Directors’ Author Rights
by Carlos Rogel .Civil Law Professor
The Director of Photography and his creative contribution in Spanish Law
by Cristina Busch – Doctor of Law Professor of University Abat Oliba CEU Barcelona
The Umbrella Strategy
by Jordi Grau, Cinematographer
France
Cinema still photographies’s speech
AFC statement on the Dop «Droits d’Auteurs»
Norway
The Authorship of Norwegian Cinematographers
Germany
Directors of Photography and the issue of authorship
by Jost Vacano bvk/ASC
Italy
Legal Arguments in favor of including the cinematographer among the authors of a motion picture
by Dott. Barbara Bettelli Legal AIC Representative for Authorship
The Right to Sign Ourselves as Author of Cinematography
by Vittorio Storaro
Austria
Copyright for Cinematographers in Austria?
by Walter Dillenz
Statement
by Kurt Brazda AAC president
Denmark
Republic of Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Argentina
The Authorship Rights of Directors of Photography in Argentina
Poland