Our June newsletter is out! 🔵 Conference "Authors’ Rights and Music Streaming in the Age of AI" 🔵 Statement: Artists And Songwriters Must Not Be Pressured Into AI Deals Without Meaningful Consent 🔵 Statement on #AgoraEU draft report 🔵 WSA Industry Award, #ECCO, and more! ➡️ Read: shorturl.at/K9nge

ECSA's May newsletter is out! 🔵 ECSA Conference: "Authors’ Rights and Music Streaming in the Age of AI" 🔵 #AgoraEU Statement 🔵 #CamilleAwards: Patrick Doyle wins Outstanding Contribution award 🔵 Soundtrack Cologne, CSF Amsterdam, and much more! ➡️ Read: shorturl.at/0njZd

We're honoured to announce that the European Commission's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen will speak on our conference "Authors’ Rights and Music Streaming in the Age of AI". ➡️ Programme: bit.ly/4a158h4 📅 2 June 2026, 12:30-17:30, Brussels

ECSA welcomes Members of the European Parliament Emma Rafowicz and Alice Kuhnke’s draft report on #AgoraEU. ➡️ Read our full statement: bit.ly/4v6brIC

Out now: ECSA's April news! 🔵 ECSA publishes yearly Activity Report 🔵 Save the date: ECSA Conference "Authors’ Rights and Music Streaming in the Age of AI" 🔵 #CamilleAwards nominees announced 🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel on fair practice at Baltic Music Days 🔵 And much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/48RHBin

📖 Take a look back at the past year and a half with us! Today, we publish our yearly Activity Report, showcasing all our advocacy and cultural activities in 2025 - early 2026. ➡️ Find the report here: bit.ly/4cxa4ec

ECSA's March newsletter is out! 🔵 ECSA members gather in Brussels for ECSA Session 🔵 ECSA welcomes European Parliament’s resolution on copyright and #genAI 🔵 Call for ambitious measures in the report "Cultural and creative sectors in the age of AI" 🔵 And much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/3NXXiNr

🇪🇺 The European Parliament just adopted its resolution on “Copyright and generative AI – opportunities and challenges”. 🤝 ECSA celebrates this outcome, which finally addresses our calls for a democratic debate on the interplay between copyright and #genAI. ➡️ Press release: shorturl.at/nWNPk

📣 Today, ECSA and 13 other organisations representing the CCS call on the European Parliament’s CULT Committee and rapporteur Zoltán Tarr to put forward ambitious measures in the upcoming report "Cultural and creative sectors in the age of AI". ➡️ Full letter: shorturl.at/ox1hc

❌ In an open letter titled "Say No to Suno", published on Music Tech Policy blog, 7 signatories, including ECSA President Helienne Lindvall @helienne.bsky.social, call to take a stand against AI music generator Suno. ➡️ Full piece: shorturl.at/xlxhK ➡️ Coverage by MBW: shorturl.at/kto8f

Artist representatives launch ‘Say No To Suno’ campaign: ‘AI slop dilutes the royalty pools of legitimate artists from whose music this slop is derived.’ - Music Business Worldwide

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✍️ Today, 23 organisations from across Europe's music sector, including ECSA, call for a strong budget and an ambitious sectoral approach for music within the future #AgoraEU programme. ➡️ Read our letter: bit.ly/4rHQWQL

🚨 Today, European songwriters and composers as well as representatives of CMO's came together in the European Parliament with EU decision makers to address harmful contractual practices and the long-standing phenomenon of buy-out practices. ➡️ Press release: bit.ly/4kl5XWg

ECSA's January news is out! 🔵 ECSA welcomes JURI report on copyright and AI 🔵 ECSA at ESNS: Creators' Talks panel and much more 🔵 ECSA President @helienne.bsky.social interviewed on #AI on Bloomberg Tech Europe 🔵 NFMD and SCGC panels in Berlin, Camille Awards news, and much more! ➡️ bit.ly/4kbwSnl

✅ The European Parliament’s JURI Committee just adopted its report “Copyright and generative AI – opportunities and challenges”. ECSA welcomes the report and encourages all MEPs to adopt it in plenary session. ⤵️ Read our press release below or via: bit.ly/3M41ABU

This morning, ECSA President Helienne Lindvall @helienne.bsky.social spoke live with Tom Mackenzie on Bloomberg Tech Europe about the impact of #AI on composers and songwriters, as well as on the music industry as a whole. ▶️ Watch the full show, with Helienne's interview from 18:10, below:

EU AI Act is Toothless: ECSA President

The European Composer & Songwriter Alliance says licensing is a good first step, but has called for greater transparency over the deals major labels are striking with AI music cpmpanies. The group's P...

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Tomorrow, at 09:30 AM CET, ECSA President Helienne Lindvall @helienne.bsky.social will speak live with Bloomberg Tech Europe about the impact of #AI on composers and songwriters as well as on the music industry as a whole. ▶️ Tune in tomorrow via: bit.ly/44ZEP8F © Bloomberg

Out now: ECSA's December news! 💫 Season's greetings from ECSA 🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at ESNS 🔵 AMCC and SGAE host conference on contemporary music in Madrid 🔵 High-level roundtable on artists’ working conditions, consultation on #AgoraEU, and much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/48J0kNq

ECSA's November news is out! 🔵 Statement on major labels’ licensing deals with #AI companies 🔵 Panel at Linecheck on incidents of violation or violence 🔵 Policy recommendations: EU-UK cultural and media relations 🔵 Kristiansand roundtable, AMCC-SGAE conference, & much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/3MjaJ9z

🚨 ECSA expresses concern over the lack of transparency of the recent licensing deals announced by the three major labels with various AI companies, and calls on the major labels to properly value the works of composers and songwriters. ➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/3KhQZTd

🇪🇺 🇬🇧 ECSA is glad to co-sign a set of policy recommendations to strengthen cultural and media relations between the EU and UK, together with more than 200 stakeholders from the EU’s and the UK’s CCS, and developed by the Forum on EU–UK Cultural & Media Relations. Full letter: bit.ly/3LYevox

⏰ Deadline approaching: one week left to apply to become a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme! 👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl

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🎶 Are you an experienced female or non-binary music creator wanting to contribute to greater equality and visibility across the European music sector? Apply as a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme! 👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl 🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025

ECSA's October news is out! This month: 🔵 ECSA Session in Ljubljana hosted by DSS 🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent 🔵 Voting recommendations on proposed amendments to JURI draft report on #copyright and #AI 🔵 Panel at Linecheck, Apollon & FIM conference, and much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/47ZNs3V

🎬 What can film composers do to better protect their rights? What action can we take against unfair contractual practices? Watch the recording of our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract", earlier this month at WSA Ghent @wsawards.bsky.social, below ⤵️

WSA Creator's Talk 2025: Negotiating in the Dark - The Composer's contract

YouTube video by Film Fest Gent // World Soundtrack Awards

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🎥 Last week, we co-organised our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract" at WSA Ghent. @wsawards.bsky.social 📰 Want to know what has been discussed? Below, @variety.com listed five takeaways from the conversation ⤵️ bit.ly/3WL08pN

Takeaways From the Discussion on Composers’ Contracts at the World Soundtrack Awards

Production companies are not publishers, beware of buyouts and kill fees: leading industry figures discuss the dos and don'ts of composers contracts

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🎶 Are you an experienced female or non-binary music creator wanting to contribute to greater equality and visibility across the European music sector? Apply as a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme! 👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl 🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025

🚨 Today, ECSA and 12 other organisations representing hundreds of thousands of European creators and artists, sent a letter to MEP's in the JURI Committee, presenting our voting recommendations on amendments to the draft report “Copyright & #genAI – opportunities and challenges". ℹ️: bit.ly/48TpPMf

Out now: ECSA's September news! 🔵 #AgoraEU: EU music sector calls for comprehensive policy strategy and ambitious budget 🔵 ECSA President interviewed by Creatives Unite 🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent 🔵 New #TuneInDialogues podcast episode, mentoring sessions, and much more! ➡️ bit.ly/3Krl8z8

Today, 21 organisations from across Europe’s music sector, including ECSA, call for a comprehensive policy strategy and an ambitious budget for Europe’s music sector within #AgoraEU, reflecting the economic, social, and cultural importance of music in Europe. ➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4mAhvEd

🗣️ ECSA President Helienne Lindvall spoke to #CreativesUnite about our concerns on the AI Act implementation, the place of culture in the recently proposed Multiannual Financial Framework, and the importance of establishing an EU strategy for the music sector within the new #AgoraEU programme.

ECSA's July news is out! 🔵 Joint statement on EU AI Act implementing package 🔵 European Commission’s investigation into UMG’s acquisition of Downtown 🔵 ECSA welcomes MEP Axel Voss’ draft report on copyright and #genAI 🔵 EU budget proposal, SoundTrack_Cologne, and much more! ➡️ Read: bit.ly/4ojTaF2