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A SPA delegation consisting of the Chairman of the Board, José Jorge Letria, and the Vice-President, João Lourenço, met with the chairman of the Board of Directors of the CCB, Elísio Summavielle, to ensure that the important space of cultural and artistic life in Lisbon will host in the first quarter of 2018 the television […]

On the next 16th of May, at 6:00 p.m., the exhibition “Soares Semper Fixe!” will be inaugurated in the gallery Carlos Paredes, in SPA building 2 , consisting of a significant set of photographs by Inácio Ludgero who, as a photojournalist, accompanied the activity of Mário Soares as a party leader, as Prime Minister, as

The annual meeting of the European Committee of Societies of Authors of CISAC was held on 5th and 6th of April in Moscow, chaired by José Jorge Letria, who runs that structure until 2018. About 100 directors of authors’ societies from all over Europe participated. At the beginning of the assembly there was a terrorist

The first edition of the “Collective Management and Copyright Law in Lusophony” , promoted by the Portuguese Society of Authors in partnership with the University of Lisbon-ISCSP, has finished last March 29 th. This innovative course at national and international level, insofar as it summits the theme of management and places it at the forefront

The Annual General assembly of the European Committee of Societies of Authors of CISAC, chaired by José Jorge Letria until 2018, who will direct this meeting with the participation of dozens of societies of authors from all over the Europe, will take place in Moscow on the 5th and 6th of April. In debate there

In July 2015, the Portuguese Society of Authors was summoned of a decision rulled by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the concept of “communication to the public”. The case was referred to the European Court by the Court of Appeal of Coimbra at the end of March 2015 and three months

On March 21st, World Poetry Day, the show “Zeca Afonso – Coro da Primavera (Spring Choir)” will be on stage at Teatro da Trindade, in a partnership between SPA and INATEL Foundation. The show is artistically directed by Carlos Alberto Moniz and intends to point out the 30th anniversary of the death of the singer

SPA, whose international experience is strengthened by its participation in the leadership of important copyright bodies such as CISAC’s European Committee, the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers, and the Executive Committee of the Writers and Directors Worldwide, considers that the current situation in Europe and the world is serious and worrying, especially

It is on the 15th of this month that the CCB will receive the annual gala of SPA made in partnership with the public television station at the CCB, starting at 10 pm, with direct transmission through RTP2. Júlio Pereira will perform in this gala, and due homage to José Afonso will also be made,

Position of SPA on the DRAFT OPINION of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy for the Committee on Legal Affairs on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on copyright in the Digital Single Market On 14 September 2016, the European Commission (EC) adopted the so-called “copyright package”,