MPA Signs Two Declarations At Lumière Summit, Attends Roundtables With Macron & Lee Jae Myung
The Motion Picture Association (MPA) signed two declarations at the Lumière Summit aimed at boosting international collaboration and investment in the audiovisual sector, protecting intellectual property, and strengthening the wider creative economy. The move underlines the film industry's push for closer government and private-sector cooperation on issues ranging from cinema's future to combating piracy, at a summit that also brought together senior political figures.
Alongside government and private-sector partners, the MPA signed the Lumière Declaration on the Future of Cinema and the Moving Image, and a separate Declaration on Strengthened International Cooperation in the Fight Against Film and Audiovisual Piracy. MPA Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin attended roundtables with summit co-chairs French President Emmanuel Macron and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, discussing deeper collaboration with France's and Korea's creative sectors alongside fellow MPA member CEOs. Rivkin said the summit was "a vital forum" for translating shared goals into stronger cooperation across the US, France, Korea and beyond.
In short
- MPA signed two declarations at the Lumière Summit on cinema and piracy.
- CEO Charles Rivkin met Presidents Macron and Lee Jae Myung.
- Discussions focused on boosting global creative-sector investment and cooperation.
Explained simply
The Motion Picture Association represents major film studios and other companies that make and distribute films and television programmes. Its members work across borders, so changes in investment, technology and copyright rules in one country can affect the wider industry.
France and South Korea are both major centres of film and television production, while the United States-based MPA represents companies with a global reach. Governments and industry groups often work together on funding, distribution and rules against piracy, the unauthorised copying or sharing of creative work.
The Lumière Summit brings political leaders and cultural-sector representatives together to discuss the future of cinema and the moving image. Its focus reflects wider questions about how to support creative businesses and protect the work on which they depend.
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