The European copyright law is currently being evaluated. This might sound dry, but it affects you directly: the decisions being made right now will determine your position…

Karlijn Vogel. foto: Belinda Dokter – PhotoDepartment The Supervisory Board of Pictoright has appointed Karlijn Vogel as Director as of 1 March 2026. She will take over the…

Pictoright Magazine issue 34 is out now! In this edition, you’ll find an in-depth report on the General Assembly of 11 November and…

Expert Investigation Can Finally Begin On 3 September 2025, the Amsterdam District Court issued a supplementary interim judgment in the case…

Visual artist Elma Čavčić (1995) has been affiliated with Pictoright since 2024 for the management of her copyright. In her vibrant paintings, she incorporates the…

Pictoright periodically receives resale right royalties from countries where collective management is mandatory. Mandatory collective management means that the collecting organization is legally obliged to manage…

Please note: due to Ascension Day, the deadline for submitting collective rights for the publication year 2024 has been extended to June 2,…

Additional interim ruling in case Pictoright-Meta: court continues on track and appoints experts to assess Meta’s method of valuation On the 16th of April 2025, the Amsterdam…

Ruling in META Case Postponed We had hoped for a verdict in the META case this week, but it will take…

On 20 November, the Amsterdam District Court issued an interim judgment in the case between Pictoright and Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Pictoright started…

Some time ago, Pictoright expressed its disappointment with the proposal for the ‘Strengthening of Copyright Contracts Act’. For visual creators, this proposal would only minimally strengthen their…

Pictoright has asked the court to give a ruling in the case against Meta. This was done after the judges had given the parties two weeks during the…

On 19 September, the trial against Meta finally took place. In an unusually full courtroom, three judges spent no less than 3.5 hours considering our claims. The…

Following a mailing from Meta (the parent company of Facebook and Instagram), we are getting a lot of questions from affiliates. Meta has announced that it has…

De Federatie Beeldrechten presents: Opt Out Now! A new initiative that puts control of one’s copyrighted work back in the hands of the author. Artificial intelligence (AI)…

As of 31 March 2024, Dutch authors can benefit from the resale right in Australia! This means that when any of their works are resold in Australia,…

Pictoright uses the option of making a rights reservation within the purposes of Article 15o Copyright Act and Article 4 DSM Directive. Pictoright believes that prior permission…

Dutch copyright association Pictoright has summoned Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for copyright infringement. The company is not fulfilling its legal obligations to visual…

For some time Pictoright has been concerned with the topic of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially where the risks of training generative AI on works of our affiliates are…

Although the summer vacations are in full swing, Pictoright is not standing still. For example, we have again updated our FAQ with our latest insights on AI…

Pictoright magazine number 29 is out now! In this issue we focus extensively on the developments in the field of Artificial Intelligence; we introduce you to a number…

The additional distribution of the collective rights has been finalized. You will find the credit note and accompanying breakdown in your ‘mypictoright-acocunt’ or you will receive it…

Following the Evaluation of the Copyright Contracts Act in 2020, a new proposal has been submitted to the Council of State: the Strengthening of Copyright Contracts…

The European Parliament in Brussels recently passed the so-called ‘AI Act’ – a law that will regulate (the development of) Artificial Intelligence. This act includes new clauses that…

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Pop Art artist Andy Warhol infringed on copyright protection rules when he created a series of silkscreens based on…

Within European legislative bodies, a lot of hard work is being done on regulations that are going to apply to artificial intelligence: the so-called “AI Act”. Last…

  On Monday, March 20, Diederik van Leeuwen was appointed president of Pictoright. He succeeds Bart Drenth, who resigned the chairmanship after becoming director of art and…

  Next quarter the post-repartition will take place. If relevant to you, this will include the collective fees not previously paid to you over the years 2017…

Together with the BBK, BNO, BOK, DuPho, Kunstenbond, NVJ/NVF and Platform BK, Pictoright has founded the Federatie Beeldrechten. From today you can visit the website! Image creators…

Visual artist Peim van der Sloot (Utrecht, 1986) has been affiliated with Pictoright for his individual rights since 2020. In this video he talks about his work and…

Pictoright has taken note of the ruling in the case of Dijkstra v. Dutch News, which has understandably caused some unrest among photographers. For details of this…

  /app/assets/Logo-animatie-v3-19201080.mp4   It is Pictoright’s pleasure to invite you to attend the launch event of the Image Rights Federation on Thursday, February 16, at Pakhuis de…

Pictoright has recently been receiving regular messages from creators concerned about developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). For example, makers are sounding the alarm that their work is…

The December collective rights distribution has been completed. Go to the MyPictoright portal to view your credit note and the specification. Collective rights distribution 2021 In…

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Pictoright magazine #28 was recently published, and the affiliates who live in the Netherlands have already been able to find it on the mat. In this issue,…