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NEW REPORT REVEALS ARTISTS ARE LET DOWN BY LEGISLATORS
The International Artist Organisation (IAO) releases part two of Streams and Dreams, commissioned to Swedish music industry researcher Daniel Johansson. With the support of AEPO-ARTIS and its members, a respondent body of 9,542 artists across Europe was achieved,...
IAO alongside 12 other organisations call for EU legislators to address the AI challenges
13 organisations representing hundreds of thousands creative workers urge EU decision makers to engage in a comprehensive and democratic debate leading to a clear legal framework preserving the rights and the integrity of the works of creators. We welcome the...
IAO Voicing the Artist’s Needs at Midem
At the annual Music Industry Conference in Cannes last week Tore Engström Østby represented IAO in a panel discussing The Creator & The Industry; Sharing The Created Value. After an introduction by MEP Ibán García Del Blanco, who commissioned report «Cultural...
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Letter to the Finnish Government demanding a correct implementation of the DSM DIRECTIVE
Dear Mr Antti Kurvinen, Dear Minister of Science and Culture, We are writing to express our concerns regarding the draft law proposal on the transposition of Directive 2019/790 on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market (DSM Directive), which the...
THE CREATIVE AND CULTURAL SECTORS EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER THE COUNCIL’S GENERAL APPROACH ON THE DIGITAL SERVICES ACT (DSA).
We represent a broad coalition of organisations in the creative and cultural sectors in Europe, including music, audio-visual, literary and visual authors; performers; book, music, scientific, technical, and medical publishers; recorded music, film and TV producers;...
DSA: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY AND A STEP BACKWARDS
We are writing on behalf of a broad coalition of organizations, representing the creative sector in Europe. We represent musical, audio-visual, literary, visual authors; performers; book, musical, scientific, technical and medical publishers; recorded music, film and...
GECAT Pass
Getting ALL European artists back on the road Proposal for a cultural area permit scheme across multiple geographical groupings, July 2021 The European Union and its nearest neighbours across multiple geographical groupings share many aspects of aligned cultural and...
LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF EUROPE’S CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS
Dear President von der Leyen,Vice-President Schinas,Commissioners Hahn, Gabriel, Breton,Culture has always been a vibrant social resource, able to heal wounds in times of crisis. Culturecarries tremendous intrinsic value and contributes significantly to the economy,...
Report : Midem was a success for IAO !
IAO presents the “Featured Artist Declaration”
LETTER TO THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF EUROPE’S CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS
Dear President von der Leyen,Vice-President Schinas,Commissioners Hahn, Gabriel, Breton,Culture has always been a vibrant social resource, able to heal wounds in times of crisis. Culturecarries tremendous intrinsic value and contributes significantly to the economy,...
IAO presents “the Featured Artist Declaration”- 4/06/19
IAO AND THE FEATURED ARTIST DECLARATION IAO, International Artist Organisation, is the umbrella association for national organisations representing the rights and interests of Featured Artists in the Music Industry. IAO was established to represent featured artists...
IAO – Corona Statement
Paris March 27th, 2020 In a time when our whole society is affected by the current pandemic, we, the International Artists Organisation (IAO), wish to issue an important statement regarding the situation for music artists. Emergency guidelines have resulted in a...