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[📘 CISAC’s 2024 Annual Report]   The CISAC Annual Report, published today, highlights CISAC’s key priorities, led by its legislative advocacy for creators rights at a pivotal moment in the age of Artificial Intelligence.   ✨ Highlights of the Annual report include: ◾ The successful takeover by CISAC of the CIS-Net tools that underpin inter-society data exchanges. ◾ Increase in the adoption of the ISWC.  ◾ Setting the legal framework for creators in the AI environment. ◾ Working for growth and strong copyright frameworks at national level.  ◾ Several key interventions by CISAC’s President and Vice-Presidents at centres of international influence such as World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO, UNESCO and regional agencies, to promote and safeguard creators’ rights ◾ International campaigns on the Resale Right for visual artists and for an unwaivable right of remuneration for audiovisual creators.   🔗 Read the press release for more information: https://lnkd.in/gpp-WF7r   #CISACAnnualReport2024 #CISACGeneralAssembly2024 #CISACinKorea2024

What is the future of authors' societies and the collective management of rights in the age of AI? CISAC Director General Gadi Oron was invited to address this highly topical subject at the 2024 Sir Hugh Laddie Lecture at University College London. AI is challenging the rights management world with unprecedented questions, such as how to define authorship, how much human intervention is required for a work to be protected by copyright, and how to license AI-generated works to the benefit of creators.   Faced with these questions, Oron argues that the key values of the collective management system will be just as important, if not more so, in the AI environment than in the past. The top priority for rights holders now is to secure transparency obligations from AI operators so that creators are properly protected and fairly remunerated.     A recording of the lecture “Artificial Intelligence and Collective Rights Management: the Future or the End?” will be made available soon.

CISAC member SGAE announced their 2023 results of €349.1 million distributed, exceeding revenues and an increase of 11.9% compared to 2022.

Generative AI, improving the mental health and wellbeing of music creators, and increasing collaboration brought the CEOs and Chairs of authors' rights societies from around the world to a very special joint session with the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) in Seoul, Korea. #musicindustry #musicnews #musicbusiness #generativeai

✨ CISAC’s 2024 General Assembly drew more than 75 member societies to Seoul, with leading creators and policy makers joining a meeting that was inspired by the creative success story of Korea and dominated by the biggest issue of our times - artificial intelligence. 🔗 Click on the link to read the wrap-up report on the whole event. #CISACGA2024

📢 The global CISAC community calls for streaming royalties in Poland. Authors' societies from around the world, grouped within CISAC, have come together to back the campaign in Poland for audiovisual creators to be legally entitled to royalties for their work.    🎬 Screenwriters and directors are central to the success of films and TV series, and many countries grant them a fair right of remuneration guaranteeing payment for online uses of their works. However, Poland does not have such a right.   At the CISAC General Assembly in Seoul, a resolution supporting the campaign by Poland’s AV society ZAPA was adopted on behalf of CMOs in 116 countries. The Resolution calls for Poland to provide proper protection and introduce an unwaivable remuneration right for audiovisual creators. #CISACGA2024

🗣️ "Culture is power. Art is not only about our identity, pride or prestige. It attracts investment. It generates economic value. And it gives influence." CISAC Director General Gadi Oron's keynote speech at the 2024 CISAC General Assembly examined what is at stake with the impact of AI on creators. 🔗 Read the full speech: https://lnkd.in/g-CeGAps #CISACGA2024 #artificialintelligence #musicbusiness #musicindustry #creativeindustries #musicnews #ainews #generativeai

🗣️"There is nothing more important now than addressing [artificial intelligence] as a global community, and I truly believe that together, we are in a better position to weather any storm ahead," CISAC Board Chair Marcelo Castello Branco talks technology and adapting in his 2024 General Assembly speech. 🔗 Read the full speech: https://lnkd.in/g-_sEYQJ #CISACGA2024 #artificialintelligence #musicbusiness #musicindustry #creativeindustries #musicnews #ainews #generativeai

"I am pleased that CISAC has shown leadership, and it must continue to do so....There is much to do, to adapt to this transformation and protect human creators," CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus told the General Assembly in Seoul on May 31st. 🔗 Read Björn's full speech here: https://lnkd.in/gHHiH6AS #CISACGA2024 #artificialintelligence #musicbusiness #musicindustry #creativeindustries #musicnews #ainews #generativeai

Great week in Seoul for CISAC General Assembly, and hosted magnificently by our sister society KOMCA, celebrating its 60th birthday. Discussion focus? AI, the value and threat to creative industries - economically and culturally. Without creative content you have no AI learning or derivative GenAI services. Content is the key ingredient. It’s past time to be transparent about ingested content, getting consent and compensating rights holders. Forecasts relating to global AI wealth generation are mind blowing - investors and shareholders are tripping over themselves to get in on the action. It might be prudent, good corporate governance, global citizenship and business for AI related investors to ask about copyright and forecast the liability of not factoring in the cost. How about tech and content industries look to the opportunity of a step change relationship. How about leaning into the discussion and business negotiations with the clear objective of a win for creators, creative and tech industries alike. We should be bold in our aspiration to make AI work for humanity. The creative, cultural and business opportunities could be enormous. The time to talk about creators and creative industries being part of the commercial opportunity is now.