A coalition of 21 organisations from across Europe’s music sector — representing authors, composers, performers, managers, labels, music publishers, collecting societies and live — have called for "a comprehensive policy strategy and an ambitious budget" for Europe’s music sector within AgoraEU, the new programme proposed by the European Commission.
AgoraEU will regroup three strands: Creative Europe – Culture; MEDIA+ for audiovisual and news media; and Democracy, Citizens, Equality, Rights and ...

The UK's Musician Union will put forward at the Labour Party Conference (Sept. 28-Oct; 1) a motion calling for Copyright Reform, as the organisation believes "now is a historic chance to fix copyright law and protect musicians from the impact of AI and streaming."
The motion is designed to ensure that music streaming and artificial intelligence "don’t make it impossible to earn a living as a musician," and will address the forthcoming Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, calling on Parliam...

Mexico’s Second Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) has ruled that authorship of creative works belongs solely to humans and works generated exclusively by AI cannot be registered under the country’s copyright regime.
“The SCJN resolved that copyright is a human right exclusive to humans derived from their creativity, intellect, feelings and experiences,” said the Court in an unanimous decision.  
According to the SCJN, Mexico’s Federal Copyright Law (LFDA) stipulates that author...