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IAO presents the “Featured Artist Declaration”
IAO is presenting for the first time it's "Featured Artist Declaration" during MIDEM 2019 on Tuesday June the 4th at 11:15am at the brand new 'Artist hub' on the first floor of MIDEM.
Meet us at MIDEM at our brand new ‘Artist Hub’ !
IAO creates the Artist Hub in association with Midem. It’s a brand new area dedicated to artists. It is the place to learn all about talent development, to network and collaborate on ideas and creation.
Artists Call For Fair Remuneration And Transparency In Europe
Brussels 9 October 2018. Artists are calling on the EU to give clear rights to fair remuneration and transparency in Europe. As the Copyright Directive reaches its final stage, the Council, the Parliament and the Commission are negotiating a...
Current Campaigns
Music First
A campaign in the USA to demand fair market pay for all music on ALL radio platforms
Make Music Work
Music needs a fair and transparent marketplace for performers whether to protect cultural assets or encourage new growth
Fair Internet For Performers
Campaigning for FAIR treatement of performers in the digital environment
What is IAO?
IAO is the umbrella association for national organisations representing the rights and interests of Featured Artists in the Music Industry.
Our principal interests are transparency, the protection of intellectual property and a fair reflection of the value an artist’s work generates.
IAO is a not-for-profit organisation based in Paris that was officially founded in 2015 by its six founder-members: FAC (UK), GAM (France), CoArtis (Spain), Domus (Germany), Gramart (Norway) and FACIR (Belgium). The organisation is in the process of expanding its membership to welcome artist organisations from more countries across Europe and beyond.