Brussels, 28 November 2023 – GESAC welcomes the CULT Committee’s adoption of the initiative report on “cultural diversity and the conditions for authors in the European music streaming market” prepared by MEP Ibán García del Blanco, which rightly highlights the significant problems faced by authors and composers in the music streaming market and calls for EU policy actions to correct the existing imbalances and ensure the market’s sustainability.
Strasbourg, 21 November 2023 – Today the European Parliament adopted in plenary the report on the working conditions of artists, with a clear call to the Commission to address the growing phenomenon of coercive buyout practices from global platforms, that severely undermine the livelihood of authors and composers.
Brussels, 6 November – GESAC welcomes the outcome of a new study on buyout in the creative sector, which confirms the need for legislation to tackle unfair and coercive buyout practices at EU level. The study that will be presented at the European Parliament tomorrow was commissioned by its JURI Committee and prepared by the CEIPI Research department of the University of Strasbourg.
GESAC has issued a press release on today's vote by the Culture and Employment Committees of the European Parliament regarding the working conditions of artists.
Read our full reaction below.
In view of the upcoming Trilogue meeting on October 24, GESAC has issued a statement, urging European legislators to prioritize the inclusion of record-keeping and transparency obligations regarding the use of copyright-protected content by generative AI models. These obligations are necessary to ensure responsible and trustworthy AI systems, level the playing field, and enable European innovation and artistic creation.
Read on to find out more.
GESAC has co-signed the following open letter calling for meaningful obligations on AI systems to ensure the lawful use of copyright-protected content.
Are you a law student currently studying or researching authors’ right/copyright? If so, we encourage you to apply for the 6th edition of the ALAI European Authors' Right Award – supported by GESAC!
GESAC organised the 'Meet the Authors' event in the European Parliament on Tuesday, May 23rd, where European authors and composers from all over the EU met with their MEPs and shared their views, experiences, and expectations regarding their situation in the music and VOD streaming markets.
Learn more about the event below.
Following the recent study commissioned by GESAC and prepared by Emmanuel Legrand, GESAC is pleased to present the way forward through the objectives that must be met in order to create a fairer and more sustainable music streaming market for authors and composers.
These are namely:
Increased value from the streaming market (Growing the size of the revenue pie)
More fairness in the value chain (Better sharing of the revenue pie)
Ensuring cultural diversity & transparency on music streaming platforms
GESAC believes each of these objectives requires a combination of industry and policy initiatives, which are outlined in the following document.
Download the GESAC’s 10 Points infographic.
Read more about the Music Streaming market and how to make it sustainable and creator friendly.
Following the recent study commissioned by GESAC and prepared by Emmanuel Legrand, GESAC is pleased to present the way forward through the objectives that must be met in order to create a fairer and more sustainable music streaming market for authors and composers.
September 28, 2022, marks the launch of the new Study on the place and role of authors and composers in the European music streaming market, commissioned by GESAC and written by Emmanuel Legrand.
Read more about the Music Streaming market and how to make it sustainable and creator friendly.
There is a need to look more closely at how songwriters and composers are connected to this thriving economy and what can be done to improve their currently neglected situation
Read more to find out how video on demand platforms and broadcasters are circumventing EU law and what can be done about it.
European music creators (composers, lyricists etc.) are being forced to forsake thousands of euros in future earnings by draconian ‘work made for hire’ and buy-out contracts
Read more about the necessity for AI to develop in a way that is responsible and sustainable for European creators
We represent 32 members from 27 different countries.
Our members distributed €5.4 billion royalties in 2018 and invested €216 million in European culture
Representing creators from all over Europe
GESAC brings together organisations from a range of sectors to protect authors’ rights and promote their best interests. Our members manage the rights of their authors’ works and represent them in negotiations to secure things like fair remuneration. They are run by their members, are non-profit, and provide a crucial service in the creative sector that enables authors to create.
