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The 2026 edition of the ALAI European Authors’ Right Award, supported by GESAC, was awarded to Michalina Kowala for her essay:

“L’instrumentalisation du droit d’auteur et des droits voisins au service des défis de la transformation numérique.”

The message from the creators’ community is clear.

Europe must:

• • Clarify that EU copyright law is applicable to all Gen AI services available in the EU and that they must be subject to proper transparency obligations, licensing, and fair remuneration for creators.
  • Clarify that creative works are used across the Gen AI value chain and provide further steps to prevent the growing substitution effect in cultural and creative markets.

Authors and composers rely on collective management as the most effective system to ensure the widest possible access to creative works with legal certainty, provide appropriate remuneration and protect cultural diversity.

Read the submission here.

Brussels, 2 June – 26 organisations from across the European music sector welcome the draft report by MEP Rafowicz and MEP Kuhnke, and its recognition of music as a dedicated strand within AgoraEU. The proposed Culture – Music strand is a significant step forward and responds to a long-running ask from the sector for targeted support that reflects music’s economic, cultural and social weight as well as its specific structure and challenges.

Brussels, 28 May – Following today’s Statutory General Assembly, we are pleased to announce the election of our President and Board for a new two-year mandate.