A Fair Environment for Performers in Europe
AEPO-ARTIS published a manifesto providing the EU institutions with an instrument that points out the most important objectives that the EU must pursue over the next five years to create the fair digital environment needed to keep the European cultural sector viable for our performers.
AEPO-ARTIS Co-Signs Joint Letter for Effective AI Act Implementation
Alongside various creator and rightholder organisations across the EU’s cultural and creative industries, AEPO-ARTIS, has co-signed a joint letter addressed to policymakers. The letter calls for fair remuneration for all rightholders, including performers. It reaffirms support for the objectives of the AI Act and urges policymakers to ensure the effective and meaningful implementation of a ‘healthy and sustainable licensing market’ that covers all equitable solutions, including a right to remuneration for recorded performances used for machine learning. Read the full letter.
Skopje conference brings together the Western Balkans
On 24 and 25 October, AEPO-ARTIS – in collaboration with AZAS, AIPA and the North Macedonian IPO – organised a two-day regional conference in Skopje on “EU Enlargement and Copyright Law:...
Authors and Performers’ rights organisations urge Finnish Members of Parliament to reverse cuts to private copying compensation
The European and international organisations of authors and performers’ collective management organisations in the audiovisual, music, literary and visual arts – AEPO-ARTIS, BIEM, CISAC, EVA, IFRRO, GESAC and the SAA...
AEPO-ARTIS/IAO hosts Streams and Dreams webinar
On October 16, a webinar entitled “Recently Introduced Rights for Artists” took place, organised by IAO, AEPO-ARTIS and the author of the Streams and Dreams (part 2) report, Daniel Johansson.
Belgian Constitutional Court refers streaming rights to CJEU
On Thursday September 26th, the Belgian Constitutional Courtpublished its ruling in the case in which Google, META, Spotify, Streamz and several record labels introduced different requests for annulment of the remuneration rights for...
AEPO-ARTIS appeals to Finland's Minister of Culture: Protect Private Copying Remuneration for Performers
In a significant development concerning the Finnish cultural sector, AEPO-ARTIS expressed grave concerns over the Finnish government’s proposal to halve private copying remuneration.
AEPO-ARTIS writes an open letter to the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
With Hungary officially taking over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, AEPO-ARTIS has sent a letter to the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Read the full letter...
Streams and Dreams 2 shows the ineffectiveness of the DSM Directive
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.
The EU at large(r)
On May 16th, AEPO-ARTIS organised a seminar on the EU enlargement and the impact hereof on performer rights. With representatives from three different EC Departments, performer organisations from a.o. Türkiye, Serbia, North Macedonia and Georgia and over 65 participants, the seminar was a succesfull first step towards a strong future collaboration with performers and their organisations in the EU Candidate Member States.