ZAPA is one of the most successful collective management organizations in Poland. Since its inception, ZAPA has consistently strengthened its position in the copyrights market in Poland and its international position. It has negotiated and signed agreements with public and private users, cooperated with many national and international organizations and monitored the dynamic market of cable operators. The fundamental element of the SFP - ZAPA activity is proper identification of audiovisual works enabling quick payment of royalties due to their authors and producers, and supporting the fight against piracy in the trade of film works.
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We are pleased to inform that Dominik Skoczek has been appointed as the new Director of SFP – ZAPA as of February 2018. As an attorney-at-law he has been cooperating with ZAPA for several years now, acting as the general counsel of ZAPA. He is an expert on copyright, media and film law. He held several positions including the director of the Legal Department and the director of the Intellectual Property and Media Department in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage as well as acting as a legal advisor at ITI Group and at the public broadcaster TVP S.A. »
At the beginning of January the first director of SFP-ZAPA, Ryszard Kirejczyk, retired. In the mid-90s he created the organization from scratch, and then managed it for over 20 years. During this time, ZAPA became one of the best-performing collective management organizations in Poland and in the world. »
A re-certification audit was conducted at SFP-ZAPA on 5-6 September 2013. The audit confirmed that the organization operates in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008. »
We are happy to announce that on June 14th the EU Council adopted a mandate for the European Commission to negotiate a free trade agreement between the European Union and the United States (TTIP) which completely excludes the audiovisual sector! »
On May 2nd this year at the General Assembly of the Society of Audiovisual Authors (SAA) in Brussels, SFP-ZAPA was elected to the Board of Directors of this organization. »
At the end of April 2013 SFP-ZAPA signed a license agreement for the retransmission of audiovisual works with Multimedia Polska SA , one of the largest Polish cable operators. »
