The December report begins with concerns toward the new US trade policy under the Trump administration and the implications on Canadian legislation dealing with streaming platforms, such as the Online Streaming Act. The report also highlights the European debate over the private copy levy and the new alliance created by France’s largest broadcasters and national film organizations to protect the country’s audiovisual financial model challenged by technological transformations. In addition, the report focuses on a new study from the European Audiovisual Observatory that provides a comprehensive overview of the gaming industry and its many complex economic and legal challenges. Besides, the report deals with a comprehensive study published by French authorities detailing the impact of investment obligations from global streamers introduced in France. Moreover, the report emphasizes a study on the important growth that global music copyrights’ revenues have experienced following the COVID-19 pandemic, leading the music copyrights industry to outpace cinema box-office revenues. Finally, the report highlights new partnerships and business plans in the platform-based economy, focusing on Netflix, Hulu, MUBI, and Apple.  

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    Culture and digital trade: Political and economic issues

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    CEIM, GRIC, IFCCD
    16 January 2025
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