It would be inspiring if there were similar demonstrations in support of Iraqi artists' political and creative rights.

The producers' final offer gave the writers a 14.7 percent increase in minimum salaries and new creative rights.

"If we can resolve the creative rights, then it's a run for the roses," one executive said late this afternoon.

The studios also offered concessions in the area of creative rights, relating to matters like credit and script receipts.

The character's copyright status is notorious for the long, complex and expensive legal battle over various creative rights attached to it.

The talks have been split into two groups, one discussing economic issues and the other so-called creative rights issues.

Fox was interested but rigid about what creative rights it would cede to Microsoft, the three people said.

The main issues, though, including residuals and so-called creative rights, remained unresolved as the talks went into their final hours.

Europe's cultural industries have a great deal to lose if this new directive is not absolutely protective of creative rights and intellectual property.

Everyone admits that artists have a creative right to alter their own work.