📣 Today, as the @EU_Commission holds its first college meeting with new Commissioners, 13 international and European organisations representing hundreds of thousands of writers, translators, journalists, performers, composers, songwriters, screen directors, screenwriters, visual artists, and other artists and creative workers, sent a letter to the Commission's recently appointed Executive Vice-President @HennaVirkkunen and Commissioner @GlennMicallef, who will be in charge of crucial EU policies related to generative #ArtificialIntelligence and #copyright in the cultural and creative sectors. We congratulate both of them on their appointment and look forward to collaborating with them to put #transparency, #consent and #remuneration of authors and performers at the heart of all future initiatives for an ethical and fair use of #AI. [1/4]

A big well done to the @EMC_IMC for putting together an absolutely brilliant aftermovie of the European Music Forum which was held in Sofia, Bulgaria, from the 5th to the 8th of June this year. 1/2

🔴LIVE: watch Ursula von der Leyen present the College of Commissioners and its programme from 9am CET

Out now: “Fostering Gender Equality among Music Creators”, a report by ECSA’s Working Group on #Diversity & #Inclusion. 🔗 Read: The report presents recommendations to enhance gender equality, showcases our members' and Working Group's initiatives, and provides information on gender equality within ECSA's network.

📃 Today, ECSA publishes its Manifesto to place the needs and priorities of music authors at the heart of Europe’s future policies. ➡️ Go to our Manifesto: The Manifesto outlines the various challenges faced by our members, including #AI companies using their works without consent or transparency, dismal #streaming royalties, unfair contractual practices, and a pervasive lack of transparency and accountability across the music industry. In the past years, EU institutions and several European countries adopted various recommendations and actions to address those challenges. They now need to convert the try and turn these initiatives into reality. Therefore, our Manifesto puts forward 19 concrete recommendations for policy makers to achieve an equitable, sustainable, and thriving future for music creators across the EU.

🚀We are excited to launch "Count me in!", a campaign to raise awareness & celebrate festivals committed to advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Belonging. Take part by completing a survey and submit your stories on DEIAB by 31 October