News, Press Releases, Announcements

Joint statement by a european coalition of authors, artists, performers regarding the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice

Friday, 28 March 2025

Joint statement by a coalition of authors, artists, performers and other right holders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice. The third draft of the GPAI Code of Practice undermines objectives of the AI Act, contravenes EU law and ignores the intention of the EU legislator – we cannot support it.

OPI Conference: Copyright in the Spotlight

Monday, 10 March 2025

With the participation of the BoD Chairman Yiannis Glezos, the Director General Margarita Panagiotopoulou, executives and legal advisors of AUTODIA, as well as a number of distinguished Greek and foreign representatives of institutions and organizations, the International Conference entitled “Copyright in the Spotlight” organized by OPI (Hellenic Copyright Organisation), which celebrates its 30th anniversary, was completed on Friday, March 7, at the “Dimitrios Pandermalis” Amphitheatre of the Acropolis Museum.

AUTODIA LABS: Workshops on Music Copyright in Practice

Monday, 24 February 2025

Are you a composer and/or lyricist? Want to know more about your rights? Do you have questions about the various uses of your songs/musical works and the resulting royalties? Do you now need more effective management of key issues related to your musical works in the complex music ecosystem? Join Autodia Labs, the workshops on music copyright in practice!

MEPs' joint letter on the protection of cultural and creative industry in the AI era

"Creators in the digital economy: finishing the work we started"

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Forty five MEPs, including Nikos Papandreou (S&D, Greece), address a Letter to Commissioners Henna Virkkunen and Glenn Micallef on defending the rights of artists and creators facing the challenges of generative artificial intelligence and digital platforms, on the initiative of Laurence Farreng, who, along with Marcos Ros Sempere and Bogdan Zdrojewski, co-organised the "Meet The Authors" event on 29/1, at the European Parliament, along with GESAC.

Joint letter to Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef on the draft AI Code of Practice

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

On 17 February 2025, various authors' and performers' representative organisations, including ECSA, wrote to EU Vice-President Virkkunen and Commissioner Micallef to address the shortcomings of the AI Code of Practice to ensure that authors' and performers' rights and remuneration are respected. The AI Office is currently tasked with the critical responsibility of successfully finalizing the ‘General-Purpose AI Code of Practice’ by May 2025. Read the letter below.

New extension of AUTODIA - ​​KEEE cooperation: Music, enterpreneurship and authors' rights in balance

Thursday, 13 February 2025

A new extension to the joint Cooperation Agreement was signed on January 24, 2025 by AUTODIA and the Union of Hellenic Chambers of Commerce (KEEE), which concerns the issuance of the public performance license by businesses that play music. The businesses - members of the Chambers that will agree to the agreement's terms, benefit from discounts and debt arrangements, always within the framework of mutual respect and good faith between the two entities. 

Eleonora Meleti to the Commission: "Artificial intelligence must not undermine creation and the creators' rights in the music industry"

Wednesday, 05 February 2025

EPP MEP Eleonora Meleti has tabled a question to the European Commission, asking for clear commitments to protect creators’ rights against the increasing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the music industry. As she pointed out, the use of AI in music production poses serious risks, both for the fair remuneration of artists and for Europe’s cultural diversity, while also threatening human creativity itself.

Dimitris Tsiodras to the Commission: Cultural creation at risk

We need better protection of creators from the challenges of artificial intelligence

Monday, 03 February 2025

Measures to protect creators and ensure that GenAI companies comply with EU copyright law are requested by Dimitris Tsiodras, in a question to the European Commission. The MEP and spokesperson for the New Democracy's eurogroup stresses that the development of this technology “creates significant challenges for the creative industries.

AUTODIA at GESAC "Meet The Authors" at the European Parliament

Monday, 03 February 2025

AUTODIA actively participated in the GESAC event “Meet The Authors”, which was organized on Wednesday 29/1 at the European Parliament, in the presence of many MEPs and the Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, responsible for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, as well as over 35 prominent creators from all over Europe, where the major issues facing the cultural and creative sector were discussed.

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

As we welcome 2025, we present a review of the most important moments of our Society that defined the past year. We recall those events that testify to our tireless dedication to protecting music authors' rights, our commitment to deliver even better results in royalty distributions, but also the responsibility we have towards vulnerable social groups, embracing actions of benefit to the general public.

AUTODIA supports Human Artistry Campaign for AI

Wednesday, 08 January 2025

AUTODIA, representing Greece, co-signs, along with approximately 200 other bodies of Cultural and Creative Industry in Europe, America, Asia and Australia, the initiative in support of human creativity and accomplishment, through 7 Core Principles for Artificial Intelligence Applications. We can responsibly use artificial intelligence - to support human creativity and accomplishment with respect to the inimitable value of human artistry and expression.

Royalties over €13m are distributed to AUTODIA’s rightsholders

The dispatch of distribution reports began on 18th December

Wednesday, 18 December 2024

With December 2024 Distribution, AUTODIA will have distributed a total of approximately €13,100,000 in gross royalties for the 2nd Semester of 2024 to its members - composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers - as well as to sister societies. Committed to distribute steadily increased royalties, the leading Greek Collective Management Organization will have distributed a total of approximately €10,600,000 in net royalties for the 2nd Semester of 2024. The amount is distributed to all rightsholders/members of the Society and is increased by 35% compared to the corresponding 2nd Semester of 2023 (approximately €7,820,000).