News, Press Releases, Announcements

European landmark ruling on AI in favor of creators

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

A European court has issued a landmark ruling in the legal dispute between GEMA and OpenAI. The Munich Regional Court ruled that OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT, violated German copyright laws by using, without permission, hits by commercial artists such as Herbert Groenemeyer, Helene Fischer and other well-known German creators, to train its language models.

CISAC: Global Collections Report 2025

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

CISAC presented its Global Collections Report 2025, with impressive results for 2024: global royalty collections for creators reached €13.97 billion, an increase of 6.6% and marking the ninth consecutive year of growth. Creative work remains consistently valuable and resilient, even in a rapidly changing environment.

AUTODIA: Strategic partnership with ICMP and IMPF

Tuesday, 11 November 2025

AUTODIA is launching a new strategic partnership with two global music publisher representation bodies, the ICMP (International Confederation of Music Publishers) and the IMPF (Independent Music Publishers International Forum).

Visit of AUTODIA’s delegation to MESAM

Tuesday, 07 October 2025

The AUTODIA’s delegation, including BoD Chairman Yiannis Glezos, CEO Dr. Margarita Panagiotopoulou, CIO Manolis Dimitriadis, and Director of Digital Strategy & Business Development George Stampolis, recently visited the contracted CMO MESAM in Turkey.

Study: Artificial Intelligence and Spanish creators

Loss of €100 million in revenue in 2028 alone from AI

Tuesday, 07 October 2025

The findings of the study, entitled “The economic and social impact of AI on music creation and its effects on other cultural fields” were published by the Spanish Collective Management Organization SGAE, which was carried out in collaboration with the company Know Media and the Carlos III University of Madrid. 

Leaping steps for a good cause

“Alma Zois”: Greece Race for the Cure®

Tuesday, 30 September 2025

On Sunday, September 28th, the AUTODIA ‘running team’, with joy, sporting spirit, and a deep sense of social responsibility, gathered at Zappeion and participated as a team, along with tens of thousands of people, in the symbolic race and walk against breast cancer, Greece Race for the Cure®.

ALCO SURVEY : "Musical works by human creators are more valuable than those by artificial intelligence."

Thursday, 25 September 2025

AUTODIA , the Greek Collective Management Organization for music copyright, has published the results of a public opinion survey conducted in collaboration with ALCO. Greek opinion calls for the introduction of labeling in AI products and supports music authors' remuneration for the use of their works by AI models. 

New Report: GenAI could cost Danish music industry €921 million by 2030 - unless political action is taken

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

The consequences of the rapid development of artificial intelligence for the Danish music industry have now been mapped in a new report. Emerging AI services capable of generating complete music tracks from simple prompts are poised to consume large portions of the economy that currently sustains professional musicians. 

Only entities authorized by the Ministry of Culture may collect copyright and related rights

Saturday, 20 September 2025

According to a recent announcement by the Hellenic Copyright Organization (HCO) - https://opi.gr/wp-content/uploads/08_09_2025.pdf - entities without the necessary authorization from the Ministry of Culture do not have the right to manage the intellectual property rights and related rights of creators and performers, nor to issue licenses for public performance of music in restaurants, cafes, and other businesses in Greece.

“The Lyricist Mikis Theodorakis – 100 Years Since His Birth”

Great public response to the China tour supported by AUTODIA

Thursday, 18 September 2025

The tour “The Lyricist Mikis Theodorakis – 100 Years Since His Birth” was completed with great success, a musical mission that traveled from Greece to China, transferring the pulse, emotion and vision of the great Greek composer to three iconic cities: Shanghai, Beijing and Nanchang.

AUTODIA's dynamic presence at the 89th TIF

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

The participation of AUTODIA, the Greek certified Collective Management Organization (CMO) for the protection of intellectual property rights of domestic and international musical repertoire, in the 89th Thessaloniki International Fair (6-14 September, HELEXPO) was successfully completed.

AUTODIA at 89th Thessaloniki International Fair

6-14/9 2025 - HELEXPO

Wednesday, 03 September 2025

AUTODIA, the Greek certified Collective Management Organization (CMO) for the protection of intellectual property rights of domestic and international music repertoire, will participate in the 89th Thessaloniki International Fair, September 6-14, 2025, at HELEXPO.