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SPA’s President, José Jorge Letria, was re-elected for a new two-year mandate as President of the European Committee of Societies of Authors of CISAC, which held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Sofia, Bulgaria. More than one hundred executives of societies of authors from 55 countries Europe-wide attended this AGM, which took place on April […]

The annual gala of SPA took place on March 22, on the stage of the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II (TNDMII) national theater, with live broadcast on the RTP2 public TV channel. The Management of the TNDMII offered the use of these facilities to SPA, and from now on the cooperative’s main event is to

Culture is a pillar that supports the struggle for social cohesion, whose importance is reinforced in times of crisis and disaggregation, being the Authors its artisans. CULTURE, LUSOPHONY AND RIGHT OF AUTHOR IN THE DIGITAL ERA   PROGRAM

The Department for Supporting the Publishing and Promotion of the author was created under the celebration of the 90th anniversary of SPA – Portuguese Society of Authors and as a part of SPA’s adaptation policies to meet the new needs of the book market.  With this new service, SPA will grant support to its current

The governing bodies of the Portuguese Society of Authors have been reelected on November 20, with a total of 301 votes from all over the country. This was the highest voting ever in the history of the cooperative of the Portuguese authors, a fact that SPA is justifiably proud to record and announce. The list

More than one hundred people attended, on 3 and 4 November, the several sessions of the II International Seminar “Culture, Right of Author, Lusophony and the Future”, organized by SPA at CPLP auditorium, in Lisbon, with the participation of the main leaders of the societies of authors from Africa of Portuguese speaking language and the

The Portuguese Society of Authors was represented at the Chaillot Forum on “The Future of Culture, the Future of Europe”, which took place in Paris on April 4-5. SPA’s President, José Jorge Letria, was invited by the French Minister of Culture and Communication, Aurélie Filippetti, to participate in the Saturday morning panel about the future

The Director General of CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers), Olivier Hinnewinkel, has invited SPA’s President, José Jorge Letria, to chair the European Committee of this international confederation headquartered in Paris. The invitation has been accepted and the position will be occupied together with, and without detriment to, the other posts currently

On the initiative of the Portuguese Society of Authors, and with the support of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the international seminar entitled “Copyright’s Importance in the New Cultural Markets of Portuguese-Speaking Countries” will take place on December 5-6 in Lisbon, at the Millennium BCP Auditorium (Rua do Ouro, 130).  Portuguese and foreign key figures