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April 26, 2022
By Stan McCoy, President & Managing Director MPA EMEA
On April 26 we have a good time World IP Day 2022! In his weblog, MPA EMEA President & Managing Director, Stan McCoy explains MPA’s position in advancing this yr’s theme – “IP and Youth Innovating for a Higher Future”.
When the World Mental Property Group introduced this yr’s World IP Day theme, I used to be delighted. The younger folks of at present are the storytellers, viewers members and leaders of tomorrow. We imagine that empowering them, and giving them the instruments they should create a greater future, is essential – not just for the audiovisual sector, however for all industries.
That’s why the MPA has been supporting tasks and campaigns for kids and younger folks in varied European international locations for a few years.
As challenges from local weather change to pandemics and wars have arisen, younger inventive minds from everywhere in the world have stepped as much as assist the world perceive them. Many younger folks use social media to create progressive content material, to hunt and to supply options and reflections that may convey perception and even spark constructive change.
Amongst these younger persons are the long run leaders of the inventive sector. That’s the reason educating them concerning the many protected and authorized methods to get pleasure from content material and concerning the mental property rights that defend their very own work is so essential.
“Worth this time in your life children, as a result of that is the time in your life once you nonetheless have your selections, and it goes by so rapidly. Once you’re a young person, you assume you are able to do something, and also you do.” – Billy Chrystal, Mitch Robbins in Metropolis Slickers
The initiatives the MPA is proud to assist, and which in our expertise work greatest for attaining this aim, fall into two classes: client schooling campaigns and movie competitions.
> Client schooling campaigns
What our client schooling campaigns have in frequent is that they encourage respect for creators and for the worth of their work. In addition they prioritize empathy and spotlight the accountability that younger adults have as creators, buyers and stakeholders within the content material they love. Finally, they remind people who ours is an business not of machines however of individuals.
An excellent instance is Get It Proper From a Real Website for which we have now simply launched our most up-to-date set of creatives with well-known skills UK rapper Stefflon Don and TikTok star Jack Joseph. Related campaigns are the “I Make Films”-campaign with the Pan-African Affiliation Convergence, and the just lately launched FAPAV marketing campaign in Italy “We Are Tales”.
> Movie competitions
The MPA additionally helps movie competitions for younger folks, akin to “Movie The Home”, organized by UK MPs, and the “Childnet Movie Competitors”. These movie competitions give younger folks of all backgrounds a sneak peek into each the magic and the sheer exhausting work of filmmaking. In addition to inspiring future careers, the method of constructing their very own brief movies permits members to realize respect for the exhausting work that goes into making a completed film. That in time period helps them develop a greater understanding of the hurt piracy causes to filmmakers and different inventive professionals.
We on the MPA are excited to have the ability to associate with so many organizations throughout Europe on these worthwhile actions, competitions and campaigns. It’s a pleasure to see younger folks learn to navigate the fast-developing digital world with confidence, to permit them a sneak peek into our business and to showcase their expertise. By giving the stage to younger folks, we additionally make sure that the long run rests in good arms.
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