The Finnish Parliament has decided to keep the compensation for private copying at the current level in the budget for 2019. A significant number of members of parliament from all parties were behind the cross-party advocacy work. The common goal is to prepare a reform of the current budget-based system during the government’s term in office that begins after the election.

Ulla Simonen has been appointed as the new director of the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture AVEK. Simonen starts in the position on 1 March 2019 when AVEK’s current General Secretary Juha Samola retires.

The winner of the 2018 AVEK Award is visual artist Saara Ekström. The AVEK Award for media arts, worth EUR 15,000, was presented today at the 40th anniversary celebration of Kopiosto, held in Bio Rex, Helsinki. The AVEK Award, granted by the Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (AVEK) operating within Kopiosto, is the most significant accolade in the field of media arts in Finland.