Music360 at the European Parliament: A 360-Degree Perspective on the Value of Music
On 25 February 2026, AEPO-ARTIS organised an event at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Hélder Sousa Silva, presenting the results of the Horizon Europe Music360 project.
Commission states that GPAI models trained without respecting rights reservations cannot be deployed within the EU
On Friday 20 February, Commissioner Henna Virkkunen responded to a written question on the respect of EU based opt-outs by non-EU Generative AI developers that deploy their models within the EU market. For the Commission, the EU legislation is clear. AI providers need to respect rights reservations made in accordance with article 4 of the CDSM directive and this applies regardless of the jurisdiction in which the copyright-relevant acts underpinning the training of those GPAI models take place.
BECS Acts to Protect Audiovisual Performers’ Rights from Unauthorised AI Training
The British Equity Collecting Society (BECS) is taking essential action to defend audiovisual performers in the age of AI. AI developers continue to use recorded performances without consent or payment. BECS is exercising an opt–out from the EU text and data mining exception – making it unequivocally clear that their members’ performances cannot be reproduced, mined, or used to train AI systems without explicit authorisation.
Music360 at the European Parliament: A 360-Degree Perspective on the Value of Music
On 25 February 2026, AEPO-ARTIS organised an event at the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Hélder Sousa Silva, presenting the results of the Horizon Europe Music360 project.
Commission states that GPAI models trained without respecting rights reservations cannot be deployed within the EU
On Friday 20 February, Commissioner Henna Virkkunen responded to a written question on the respect of EU based opt-outs by non-EU Generative AI developers that deploy their models within the EU market. For the Commission, the EU legislation is clear. AI providers need to respect rights reservations made in accordance with article 4 of the CDSM directive and this applies regardless of the jurisdiction in which the copyright-relevant acts underpinning the training of those GPAI models take place.
BECS Acts to Protect Audiovisual Performers’ Rights from Unauthorised AI Training
The British Equity Collecting Society (BECS) is taking essential action to defend audiovisual performers in the age of AI. AI developers continue to use recorded performances without consent or payment. BECS is exercising an opt–out from the EU text and data mining exception – making it unequivocally clear that their members’ performances cannot be reproduced, mined, or used to train AI systems without explicit authorisation.
A new report entitled Streams & Dreams Part 2 – The Impact of the DSM Directive on EU Artists and Musicians, written by the independent music business researcher Daniel Johansson (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences) and published on June 13th, proves the ineffectiveness of the DSM Directive.
Based upon a survey of 9.542 artists from 19 EU countries, conducted by AEPO-ARTIS and its members in collaboration with IAO, this is one of the most substantiated reports ever done on issues related to performers in the music industry. The report is available here.
