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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · 6d

🎶 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

European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 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

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · 16d

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

European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · 22d

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

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Aug 20

"Key tools for implementing the AI Act such as the GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI guidelines and the template for the summary of content used for training by AI providers are toothless and disappointing", @helienne.bsky.social states.

📰 Full interview: bit.ly/4mdM6bt

Helienne Lindvall: Secure authors' rights in the AI Act, funding and a European strategy for music

<p>Helienne Lindvall, President of the European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) talks to CU about rising authors' challenges in the AI era and their focus on securing consent, remuneration and t...

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Aug 20

🗣️ 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.

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 31

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

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European Writers' Council @europeanwriterscouncil.eu · Jul 30

"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

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#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 Sectors

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We call on the European Parliament and Member States, as co-legislators, to challenge the unsatisfactory process of this exercise.

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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 · Jul 30

🚨 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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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 30

❌ 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 · Jul 30

❗ 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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screencomposersirl.bsky.social @screencomposersirl.bsky.social · Jul 8

Very informative launch of @imro Ireland: Music Report 2025 this morning. Recognising the cultural, social and economic value of music and threats of unregulated AI and getting a fair share from streaming for creators
@ecsa.bsky.social @malcolmbyrne.bsky.social

Alan Kelly TD, chair of Joint Oireachtas Committee for Culture launches IMRO Muisc Report

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 2

➡️ Read our statement: bit.ly/4khJJCA

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 2

Approving this deal would further exacerbate market concentration which is detrimental to composers and songwriters – and a healthy music sector.

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 2

As the music market is already dominated by a handful of global players, the acquisition of Downtown Music by UMG would hinder fair competition across the music value chain and reduce the freedom of choice for composers and songwriters.

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 2

🚨 We urge the European Commission to block Universal Music Group (UMG)’s acquisition of Downtown Music.

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 1

Opportunity for European film composers: Film Music Career Mentoring courses with Oticons!

Get tailored guidance through both the creative and business aspects composing for film by acclaimed film composers agent George Christopoulos and renowned composer Miriam Cutler.

🔗 Apply: bit.ly/44cIIHi

European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jul 1

ECSA's June news is out!

🔵 #AI: joint letter to European Parliament’s JURI Committee
🔵 ECSA President @helienne.bsky.social joins meetings in New York and Biarritz
🔵 Joint call: increase the budget of #CreativeEurope
🔵 EFM, SoundTrack _Cologne, and much more!

➡️ Read: bit.ly/4lqZtVz

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jun 30

As the EU prepares its next 7-year budget, it is crucial to protect and strengthen #CreativeEurope. Together with 70+ European associations, we call on EU leaders to:

🔹Keep Creative Europe stand-alone
🔹Double its budget
🔹Invest strategically in culture’s future

📢 Full letter: bit.ly/45OMzvp

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Monika Pfundmeier @monika-pfundmeier.com · Jun 19

#authorsrights #humanrights @europeanwriterscouncil.eu and other creatives' organisations urge MEPs to respect and defend human creativity and creatives' rights against the exploitation of #ai
@ceatl.bsky.social @ecsa.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @egair.eu @ifjglobal.bsky.social

European Writers' Council @europeanwriterscouncil.eu · Jun 19

‼Protecting the rights of creators and artists vs generative AI
📄Joint letter to the European Parlament
#authorsrights #humanrights
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We urge MEPs to place the key principles of "authorisation, remuneration and transparency at the heart of this report.”

Joint letter to the European Parlament: Protecting the rights of creators and artists vs generative AI - EWC - European Writers Council

This letter emphasise that the JURI Committee drafts “an ambitious report addressing our concerns around the implementation of the AI Act and the questionable applicability of TDM exception, urging fo...

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jun 19

We thank the European Parliament for drafting this report, which offers a crucial opportunity to engage in a long-overdue, democratic debate on generative AI and its impact on our creative communities.

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jun 19

In the letter, we call on the JURI Committee to ensure that the development of #generativeAI complies with the principles of informed #authorisation, #remuneration and #transparency for authors, performers and other rightsholders.

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jun 19

🚨 Today, a wide coalition representing hundreds of thousands of creators and artists sent a letter to members of the @europarl.europa.eu JURI Committee on MEP Axel Voss' report on “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges".

➡️ Read our letter: bit.ly/3HHeT99

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · Jun 2

Out now: ECSA's monthly news!

🔵 Creators Talks panels at #Classical:NEXT and BMIM Special
🔵 #AI open letter ahead of EU’s Ministers of Culture Council meeting
🔵 #CreatorsForEuropeUnited call on AI
🔵 Global Statement on artistic freedom, U2C Awards, and much more!

➡️ Read: bit.ly/4mIXM6O

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European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) @ecsa.bsky.social · May 28

Live from Amsterdam: our #CreatorsTalks panel at #BMIMspecial!

@nainitadesai.bsky.social, Jesper Hansen (BFM, ECSA), Hans Everling (BCMM) and Marc du Moulin (ECSA) discuss buyouts, pseudo-publishing and other harmful contractual practices for audiovisual composers.

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