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Joint letter to EU Commissioners Virkkunen and Micallef
The AI OIice is currently tasked with the critical responsibility of successfully finalising
the ‘General-Purpose AI Code of Practice’ by May 2025.
IAO Welcomes Commissioner Micallef!
Today, IAO and 60 European music organizations welcome Commissioner Micallef and urge continued support for music as a driver of Europe’s diversity, culture, and economy. Music is one of the pillars of our culture, and the European music ecosystem exemplifies the dual...
Level the Playing Field for European Artists!
European artists face unfair financial burdens when touring, losing money due to discriminatory withholding taxes—while US artists enjoy generous exemptions. IAO joins forces with EMMA, IMPALA, FIM, EMEE, Live DMA, and Liveurope to call on the EU to overhaul outdated...
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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...