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AEPO-ARTIS: representing 41 performers’ organisations active in 30 countries and protecting the rights of over 650,000 performers.

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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
📢 We have a new President - congratulations to Christophe Van Vaerenbergh, Managing Director of our Belgian member PlayRight and a big thank you to our former President Dr. Tilo Gerlach for his 20 year old service. Read the full statement below👇 tinyurl.com/3a9ubxf8 #performers
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Background #music in shops and restaurants is a vital income stream for musicians — and AI puts up to 25% of it at risk. At Eurosonic 2026, our General-Secretary Ioan Kaes called for data, #copyright & #relatedrights to ensure fair pay and fair competition. #performers
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Participating today in Eurosonic panel our Head of Legal, Nick Yule, emphasized the situation of performers: "EMMA (emma.community) research has shown that 40% of artists can't make money from touring. So how are they supposed to sustain a career? Not from #streaming..." #performers #music
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
🎶 Going to Eurosonic this week? ✅ Joins us on Friday, 16th January, 10:30 - 11:30 where our Head of Legal, Nick Yule, will participate in a panel "Transforming Research into Real Change for Europe’s Music Managers" #performers #music #musicians #musicmanagers esns.nl/nl/conferenc...
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
❣️ 🎶 Join us for a webinar on Thursday, 22nd January where the results of the Music360, a project that we are a partner of, will be presented ➡️ Register to attend via the link below 👇 : tinyurl.com/4s5majp6 #performers #musicians #authors #music
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
❗ The European Parliament 🇪🇺 is sceptical about the deals struck by major record labels and AI music companies - several MEPs are questioning if deals made with Suno and Udio comply with EU law and asked Vice-President Henna Virkkunen to clarify the EC position. 👇 www.aepo-artis.org/meps-questio...
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
📢 With the start of the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 , we sent an open letter to their President, Mr. Christodoulides, highlighting the need to defend performers' rights. Read the full letter below👇 aepo-artis.org/elementor-25... #performers #copyright #artandculture
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
🎶 🎬 ⭐ Happy New Year ⭐ 🎬🎶 #performers #fairremuneration #music #audiovisual
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
❤️ 🎄 🎶 🎬 💃 🕺 🎄 ❤️ Merry Christmas, happy holidays and all the Best ❤️ 🎄 🎶 🎬 💃 🕺 🎄 ❤️
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Open Future @openfuture.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
To follow, @renateschroeder.bsky.social (from @efjeurope.bsky.social ), Ioan Kaes (from @aepoartis.bsky.social), and Stefan Kaufmann (from @wikimediade.bsky.social ) will move beyond polarized AI debates to practical solutions in a panel discussion moderated by @paulk.bsky.social.
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
❗Together with other stakeholders, AEPO-ARTIS urged EU policy-makers to ensure that #music is not only funded but strategically supported in the next EU budget. Read the whole call for a comprehensive policy strategy and ambitious budget for Europe’s music sector within AgoraEU below👇
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
❣️ 🇪🇺 Honoured to have officially become a stakeholder of European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights Looking forward to working together &with other stakeholders! #performers#euipo #intellectualproperty #copyright shorturl.at/McPVI
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🎶 Today we had an excellent opportunity t to present the Music360, a project that we are a partner in. 🙏 Thank you Reeperbahn Festival l for having us! Learn more about the project here: 👇 music-360.eu #performers #music #musicians #copyright
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🎶 Coming to Reeperbahn Festival? ➡️Join us on Friday, 19/9 for a panel "The Impact of Music–What Science tells us" where our Head of Legal Nick Yule will speak on Music360 project that we're a partner in. ✅See you at East Hotel/Bacardi Lounge 10.30-11.30 shorturl.at/Y0STF
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European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) @europeanjournalists.org · 30/07/2025
Following the publication of the so-called “transparency template” by @ec.europa.eu AI Office on 24 July, most #AI model providers will be required to publish summaries of training data as of 2 August 2025. But these templates still does not meet the expectations of the media and creative sectors 👇
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AI: European Commission caves in to Big Tech to the detriment of authors
Following the publication of the so-called “transparency template” by the European Commissions AI Office on 24 July, most AI model providers will be ...
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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
❌ We see the recently published GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI Guidelines, and the Template for disclosure of a sufficiently detailed summary as a missed opportunity to provide real protection of IP rights in the context of #genAI. This outcome does not deliver on the promise of the EU AI Act.
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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
❗ Together with a broad coalition of rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors, we express our strong concerns about the EU AI Act implementing package, which does not provide a meaningful implementation of the GPAI obligations under the AI Act. ➡️ Read: bit.ly/3H8lCsC
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European Writers' Council @europeanwriterscouncil.eu · 30/07/2025
"A betrayal of the EU AI Act’s objectives” „We are being sold out in favour of GenAI model providers“: Joint Statement on the GPAI Code of Practice and the template by 40 Federations of the European Cultural and Creative Sectors europeanwriterscouncil.eu/ccs-joint-st... #AIAct #CodeOfPractice
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„We are being sold out in favour of GenAI model providers“: 

Joint Statement on the GPAI Code of Practice and the template by 40 Federations of the European Cultural and Creative SectorsPicture with Text:
We call on the European Parliament and Member States, as co-legislators, to challenge the unsatisfactory process of this exercise.Picture with Text:
Code, Guidelines and Template are for the sole benefit of the GenAI model providers that continuously infringe copyright and related rights to build their models.
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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
🚨 We call on the European Commission to revisit the implementation package and enforce Article 53 in a meaningful way, ensuring that the EU AI Act lives up to its promise to safeguard European intellectual property rights in the age of generative AI.
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WIN @winformusic.org · 30/07/2025
A broad coalition of rightsholders calls on the @ec.europa.eu to revisit the #AIAct implementation package and enforce article 53 dealing with transparency of training data in a meaningful way.
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JOINT STATEMENT BY A BROAD COALITION OF RIGHTSHOLDERS ACTIVE ACROSS THE EU’S CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS REGARDING THE AI ACT IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION - IMPALA
Representing a broad coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers, producers and other rightsholder organisations, we wish to formally express our dissatisfaction with the publishe...
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Federation of European Publishers @fep-fee.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Read the statement👉 fep-fee.eu/40-European-... @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social @eu2025dk.bsky.social @europeanwriterscouncil.eu @aepoartis.bsky.social @ceatl.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @screendirectors.eu @ifpiorg.bsky.social @ifjglobal.bsky.social @ifrro.org
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40 European and global rightsholder organisations (...)
Representing a broad coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers, producers and other rightsholder organisations, we wish to
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
UMG are getting a bit touchy about all this, no? ✌️peace and love guys ✌️
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communia @communia.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The EP's own initiative report on #copyright and #GenAI is out! Our positive takeaways: 🔸fair remuneration for creators 🔸central opt-out register 🔸public domain status of non-original AI outputs Initial concerns: 🔸challenges AI Act interpretation on AI training 🔸measures on infringing outputs
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A first look into the JURI draft report on copyright and AI
Last week saw the first draft of the long-anticipated own-initiative report on copyright and generative artificial intelligence authored by Axel Voss for the JURI Committee (download as a PDF file). T...
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
musictechpolicy.com/2025/06/10/i... "IT’S TIME FOR FAIR PLAY — AM RADIO MUST PAY ARTISTS #IRESPECTMUSIC" Good luck to our friends across the water
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It’s Time for Fair Play — AM Radio Must Pay Artists #IRespectMusic
Congress is debating whether to mandate AM radio in all new vehicles — but broadcasters still refuse to pay artists when they play recorded music.
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
💡 ➡️ Interesting discussion at our conference "Performers' FAIR remuneration as an EU objective". Stakeholders got together - from #performers to policymakers and industry to discuss the concept of fair remuneration, role of the Beijing Treaty for #actors and impact of #AI. #copyright
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European Visual Artists @euvisualartists.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Will the role of creators in AI development be protected and valorized? 🤔 EVA joins the campaign #StayTrueToTheAct 💪 to reiterate the shortcomings of the 3rd draft of the CoP, which does not meet the adequacy requirement provided by the EU AI Act, endangered the Act as a whole 👉 staytruetotheact.eu
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
❣️ AEPO-ARTIS family is growing ❣️ ⭐ A warm welcome to our 41st member, AVIP, the Croatian Audiovisual Performers’ Collecting Society🎬 🎞️ ❤️ We look forward to defending performers' rights together! 🥰 #performers #audiovisual #actors #acting #actorslife #copyright #intellectualproperty #Croatia
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Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
💛 Thanks to @alexsobel.co.uk and Victoria Collins MP for proposing these amendments, and @ukmusic.bsky.social for organising a demo in support
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MU Joins Demo to Highlight Creators’ AI Concerns Ahead of Parliament Debate
The MU took part in a demo outside parliament today, organised by UK Music, to highlight creator and performer concerns about the potential impact of generative AI (Artificial Intelligence) on their r...
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Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
The MU is also campaigning for: ✅ explicit consent to be sought from human creators to use their works to train AI models 🏷️ labelling of AI-generated works so people can choose what they listen to ⚖️ music creators and performers to be guaranteed a fair share of the revenue generated by AI music
"A I systems should not be trained on existing copyright works without creator consent and meaningful compensation" - yellow graphic with black and white elements and text. Underneath is the logo "M U Musicians' Union"
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Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
📉 Why does it matter? 24% of music creators’ pay is at risk from AI music over the next five years if legal frameworks aren’t updated - and transparency would be an important first step
“24% - new research shows that 24% of music creators’ pay is at risk from AI music over the next five years if legal frameworks aren’t updated *source: International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers” with the logo "M U Musicians' Union"
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Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
❗ Stop AI stealing our music! We're outside Parliament with musicians, music creators and @ukmusic.bsky.social supporting amendments to the Data (Use and Access) Bill that would increase transparency in relation to training AI models 🧵👇
Photo of Musicians' Union General Secretary Naomi Pohl in sunglasses and a "Musicians' Union says Keep Music Live" t-shirt, Matt Taylor from the Music Producers Guild and Alex Sobel M P outside Parliament holding a sign that says "Make it fair. Don't let A I steal our music. Just ask me first!"
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Writing.ie Online Writing Magazine @handle.invalid · 06/05/2025
European Writers Council Open Letter on AI 'Protect Europe’s creative soul, protect European values and works' 'We kindly invite you to: Sign the open letter together with many other creatives from all sectors' www.writing.ie/news/europea... #openletterCFEunited
Poster for Creators for Europe United petition
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FERA @screendirectors.eu · 07/05/2025
📣 Ahead of the Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council on 12–13 May, a broad coalition of organisations representing writers, screen directors, performers, composers, and other creative professionals has published an open letter to EU Culture Ministers. Full letter 👉 tinyurl.com/mu46ff6a
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Musicians' Union (MU) @wearethemu.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Ben Lunn supporting a motion on the impact of AI and copyright legislation on creative industries, artist and cultural workers “We need to make sure that humanity is at the centre of these modernisations. It is not just about protecting creative work - it’s about protecting labour” ✔️Motion carried
Ben Lunn standing at the front of a conference room and speaking at STUC Congress 2025
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
musiccanada.com/news/music-c... DEEPLY moved by the concerns that the Canadian majors’ trade body have for “Canadian and Indigenous artists” The fact that new legislation means that “30% of platform contributions will be siphoned away from the MUSIC INDUSTRY…” is purely coincidental we suppose.
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Music Canada applies to intervene in appeal of CRTC’s base contribution decision - Music Canada
Today, Music Canada filed an application with the Federal Court of Appeal seeking leave to intervene in the ongoing appeal of the CRTC’s base contributions decision, which imposed a 5% levy on the major music streaming platforms operating in Canada. Specifically, we are asking the court to consider music streaming services’ direct investments in Canada […]
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
completemusicupdate.com/major-labels... Wow, that's a surprise. @cmuhq.bsky.social
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Major labels want to formally intervene in legal case to oppose Canadian streaming levy
The major record companies want to intervene in the legal case challenging the proposed streaming levy in Canada. The major labels, unlike the indies, oppose the levy, and say they are “uniquely posit...
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🇪🇺 🇵🇱 Last week Brussels moved to Poland - our Head of Legal, Nick Yule, had the at the conference on "Impact of #ArtificialIntelligence (#AI) on Media and Creative Industries" in Łódź, organised by the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Playing to a sold-out Ancienne Belgique... the dream comes true!
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
🌍 Today we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day. ❣️But intellectual property isn't something we should think about only once a year.Performers are essential and we proudly defend performers' rights @wipo.int #WorldIPDay #IntellectualProperty #Performers #Musicians #Actors #music #audiovisual
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
🇪🇺 🇵🇱 Thank you to the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union for giving us the opportunity to explain the need for performers' rights to be respected and remunerated for all #AI use. #performers #copyright #artificialintelligence
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
➡️ When Brussels moves to Łódź, Poland 🇪🇺 Important discussions at the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union conference on the Impact of AI on Media and Creative Industries #performers #performersrights #ai #artificialintellingence #fairremuneration #copyright #intellectualproperty
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Celebrating the 6th anniversary of our dearest CDSM directive with the same slice of the cake #performers were getting in 2019. #fairremuneration #copyright #intellectualproperty #intellectualpropertyrights #art #culture #culturematters
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Organizations representing millions of creators & rights holders have said the EU’s Code of Practice on AI is “completely unacceptable.” The Code of Practice outlines how the AI Act should be implemented. But creators reject it because: 🧵
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
"Transparency enables the exercise of rights, helps to hold tech companies accountable, informs public debate, and allows for oversight of this emerging technology without interfering with its development. In short, we cannot hope to govern AI without better transparency." Yep, that's it.
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Great too to see creators in the EU supporting Majors in this, but there is a limit. Support cannot remain unconditional indefinitely.
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
❗️What are the most important objectives that the #EU must pursue over the next 5 years to create the fair #digital environment needed to keep the European #cultural sector viable for #performers? 👉 Read in more detail our political guidelines on the link below👇 shorturl.at/IXwE6
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
completemusicupdate.com/orchestral-p... Excluding these artists from streaming revenue is anachronistic. Countries all over the world have changed this (eg Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Spain, South American countries, South Korea) with ZERO NEGATIVE IMPACT on the music industry.
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Orchestral players call on UK culture minister to ensure all musicians earn when their music is streamed
Musicians from over 20 UK orchestras have backed a letter to culture minister Chris Bryant asking him to ensure that any performers who appear on a recording that is streamed share in the revenue that...
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hopefully #culture will feature in the Action Plan, unlike in this video. Starting to get the feeling that creatives aren't being taken seriously...
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CEATL @ceatl.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Absolutely !
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AEPO-ARTIS @aepoartis.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
creativeindustriesnews.com/2025/03/crea...
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Creative coalition slams ‘fundamentally flawed’ third draft of the European Union’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice
A wide coalition of creative industries' international organisations have joined forces to express their opposition to the third draft of the European Union's General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practic...
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