News, Press Releases, Announcements

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.

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).

AUTODIA at the CISAC Budapest Seminar 2024

Central & Eastern European CMOs

Monday, 16 December 2024

The annual CISAC Budapest Seminar, held in Budapest on Tuesday, December 10, 2024, was successfully completed with the participation of AUTODIA as represented by the CTO Manolis Dimitriadis, the Business Process Manager Vasilis Charalampopoulos and the Head of International Affairs Natalia Gemichopoulou.

Global economic study shows human creators’ revenues at risk from generative AI

CISAC presents first global study on the economic impact of AI

Wednesday, 04 December 2024

Revenues at risk of loss for creators by 2028: 24% in music; 21% in audiovisual - The market for Gen AI music and audiovisual content will rise from €3 billion now to €64 billion in 2028 - Revenues of Gen AI services in music and audiovisual projected at €9 billion in 2028, up from €0.3 billion now

AUTODIA at the annual meeting of the CMOs for Mechanical Rights in Athens

BIEM Mechanical Right Day, 6/11/2024

Thursday, 07 November 2024

Global developments in intellectual property and the latest trends in the global music industry were presented during BIEM MRD (Mechanical Right Day), the annual meeting of Collective Management Organizations (CMOs) for mechanical rights, which was hosted this week in Athens, with the participation of AUTODIA, which organized a reception event at a central hotel in the city.

Joint letter of EU Cultural and Creative industries’ organisations calling for a meaningful implementation of the AI Act

Wednesday, 30 October 2024

The joint letter of EU Cultural and Creative industries’ organisations calls for a meaningful implementation of the AI Act to enable creators and rightholders to exercise and enforce their rights when it comes to ingesting and copying copyright-protected works for training by AI models. The eyes of the global creative community are on the European Union as it stands at a critical juncture in its commitment to protect copyright in the AI age.

Global creators’ royalties up 7.6% to new high of EUR13.1 billion in 2023

CISAC Global Collections Report 2024

Thursday, 24 October 2024

Global royalties for music creators reach €11.7 billion. Full recovery for live concerts and public performance. Digital royalties surpass TV and radio in revenue. Urgent need for a proper framework for AI.

The largest running festival with AUTODIA as an Honorary Supporter of CSR

Monday, 21 October 2024

An exceptional running experience - celebration was experienced by 11,000 Greek and foreign runners on Saturday 19/10 in Thessaloniki, as part of the International Night Half Marathon, which culminated with the Onirama concert that same evening, at the Ampelokipi-Menemeni Municipal Stadium.

The 12th Thessaloniki International Night Half Marathon with a concert by ONIRAMA

Honorary Supporter of CSR : AUTODIA

Tuesday, 01 October 2024

AUTODIA is the Honorary Supporter of Corporate Social Responsibility of the 12th International Night Half Marathon of Thessaloniki which will be held on Saturday, October 19th, and is participating simultaneously with its own ‘running team’ in the Health & Power Walking 5,000 meters Race. The Half Marathon will conclude the same evening with a concert by ONIRAMA, at 9:00 pm, at the Municipal Stadium of Ampelokipi “Konstantinos Karamanlis”.

BlackBox Jazz Music Festival: Vocal Edition

Institutional Supporter: AUTODIA

Tuesday, 24 September 2024

Continuing to explore and mix different idioms and expressions of jazz music on stage, the BlackBox Jazz Music Festival: Vocal Edition shines its spotlight on vocals, the human voice and its importance, both as a carrier of melody and meaning, and as a musical instrument, with infinite possibilities and achievements in the field of jazz. The festival will be held at the Parnassos Literary Society and will host renowned and emerging jazz artists in 10 unique concerts. Institutional Supporter: AUTODIA.

Award for AUTODIA's new portal at UX | CX Awards Ceremony 2024!

Friday, 13 September 2024

Our new innovative portal my.autodia.gr, implemented by Indice and Qualco, received a distinction during the UX | CX Awards Ceremony 2024 that took place yesterday, Thursday, September 12, at Anais Club. AUTODIA won the Bronze Award in the category "Best B2B Experience", where effective and innovative initiatives related to the entire range of interface in Business-to-Business transactions are awarded.

Joint letter to Members of the European Parliament on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the European creative community

Tuesday, 30 July 2024

"All generative AI models in existence today have been trained secretly on enormous amounts of copyright-protected content and personal data which have been scraped and copied from the internet, without any authorisation nor any remuneration for the creators we represent".