The 2025 edition of the ALAI European Authors’ Right Award, supported by GESAC, was awarded to Erik Mnatsakanyan for his essay “Les oeuvres générées par intelligence artificielle : inévitablement considérées comme oeuvres dérivées ?”
Brussels, 21 May 2025 – A high-level delegation of creators led by ABBA co-founder and CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus has visited Brussels to call for action by the EU to safeguard creators’ rights in the AI era.
Today, a joint statement was issued by a coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice. This third draft of the GPAI Code of Practice undermines the objectives of the AI Act, contravenes EU law and ignores the intention of the EU legislator – and the coalition cannot support it.
The text of the letter is copied below and available in this PDF.
Press Release / Brussels, 30/01/2025 – Executive Vice-President Virkkunen joined MEPs and over 30 renowned creators—such as DJ Reinier Zonneveld and singer-songwriters Marika, Yael Naim and Pernille Rosendahl—at the European Parliament yesterday evening to discuss issues severely impacting the creative sector.
