AEPO-ARTIS “Acting Fairly?” report finds EU copyright rules still do not deliver fair remuneration for actors
Brussels, 5 May 2026 AEPO-ARTIS announces the publication of “Acting Fairly?”, a new report assessing the impact of Chapter 3 of the Copyright in the Digital Single Market (CDSM) Directive...
Performers on the agenda of the EU Japan IPA
On April 27 and 28, AEPO-ARTIS participated in Tokyo in a conference on AI and IP, organised within the framework of the EU-Japan IP Action project. The IPA project focusses...
European Parliament adopts INI-report “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges”
On 10 March the European Parliament adopted with a large majority the INI-report “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges” as approved by the JURI Committee earlier this...
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.
Joint call for a strong budget and an ambitious sectoral approach for music within the future AgoraEU programme
Together with a number of organisations from across Europe’s music ecosystem, AEPO-ARTIS calls on the EU institutions to adopt a sector-specific strategic approach for European music, with increased funding, alongside the horizontal actions in the future AgoraEU programme 2028-2034.
VOSS REPORT: AEPO-ARTIS welcomes the growing political support to change the balance between Copyright and AI but warns against ineffective action.
Today, the JURI Committee approved an amended version of its own initiative report on Copyright and GenAI – Opportunities and Challenges, led by MEP Axel Voss. Performers and their collective...
AEPO-ARTIS opposes the standardisation of inaccessible protocols
Last week, the Commission sought input from rightsholders and GPAI model providers to find out if 55 months after the entering into force of the so-called TDM-exception, they had already...
MEPs question the legality of major label AI deals
The end of 2025 was marked by a series of new deals signed between major record labels and companies specialised in AI-generated music. Much of the attention undoubtedly focused on...