Creators and artists from all fields are participating in coordinated major awareness campaigns in Europe and America, while major organizations representing composers, actors, performers, authors/publishers, directors, illustrators, photographers, etc. have become involved in legal disputes with AI service companies.
Collective Management Organizations, in cooperation with other bodies of the cultural industry and in alignment with their international and European federations, are submitting representations to national authorities, consulting with European institutions, and launching new initiatives to address this unprecedented large-scale injustice affecting the sector.
At EU level, creators’ organizations welcome and endorse the Report adopted by the Committee on Legal Affairs (JURI) of the European Parliament on 28/1/2026 regarding Generative AI (GenAI) and intellectual property rights, and are now calling for new targeted legislation for the creative & cultural sector and artificial intelligence, which:
- Confirms the full application of EU and national intellectual property legislation to all Generative AI services operating in the EU, regardless of their place of establishment or development
- Provides substantial transparency obligations for Generative Artificial Intelligence services
- Introduces a documentation mechanism for achieving a functional licensing market
- Considers solutions to address the harmful effects of substitution with AI-generated products that compete unfairly with original creators’ works
Awareness & sensitization campaigns
STEALING ISN’T INNOVATION
Over 700 creators join their voices against the unauthorized use of works by AI systems. Their message is clear: “Stealing our work is not innovation. It is not progress, it is theft.”. The creative industry that supports millions of jobs and global cultural production is demanding transparency, respect, and responsible licensing agreements. Because technological progress can and must coexist with the protection of intellectual property rights. Read more...
United Kingdom: MAKE IT FAIR
The campaign started in the UK in February 2025, directly challenging proposals by the UK government that would allow AI companies to carry out text and data mining (TDM) on creative content without permission or remuneration for rights holders. With the country’s creative industries generating over £120 billion annually, leading figures warn that the use of protected works by AI threatens to destroy creators. They emphasize that to develop a sustainable AI sector in the UK, it must work with the creative industries, not against them. Read more...
Human Artistry: Entertainment industry professionals & artists against GenAI content theft
Over 1,000 professionals and entertainment industry artists are participating in the Human Artistry Campaign, which opposes the theft of content by Generative AI. The initiative supports the belief that human-created art holds a unique, irreplaceable value, emotion, and soul that AI cannot reproduce. The goal of the campaign is to ensure that the development of Artificial Intelligence respects human artistic creation. Read more...
Pan-European campaign on AI for transparency, consent and remuneration for Creators
A high-level delegation of creators led by composer Björn Ulvaeus, co-founder of ABBA and president of the initiative, visited Brussels to call on the EU to take action to protect creators’ rights in the age of Artificial Intelligence. Read more...
AUTODIA joins creators and rights holders in the European AI Regulation
“Representing a broad coalition of European and global creators, performers, publishers, producers and other rights-holder organizations, we wish to formally express our dissatisfaction with the published Code of Practice and Guidelines regarding general-purpose AI (GPAI) models, as well as the Transparency Template for the disclosure of sufficiently detailed summaries of training data, in accordance with Article 53 of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act.”. Read more...
Letters–Statements of European & International Bodies
AUTODIA: institutional action and active participation in international & European forums
AUTODIA monitors the rapid developments in the digital music ecosystem and consults with international and European associations in the sector. It develops policies aligned with its counterpart organizations abroad. It participates in international forums and awareness campaigns, while also maintaining contacts with all stakeholders in the Greek market.
Furthermore, it undertakes new initiatives aimed at the institutional protection of creators’ interests, as well as further education and empowerment regarding Artificial Intelligence and music copyright.
As part of its continuous educational activities for its members, it includes the publication (printed and digital) of the “Guide to Artificial Intelligence”, the creation of the AUTODIA AI Portal, and the hosting, within AUTODIA LABS 2026, of a special workshop focused on Artificial Intelligence and music creation, with the participation of experts and creators.
With the aim of increasing public awareness regarding the negative effects of Artificial Intelligence on creators’ revenues, AUTODIA organized on 15/12/2025 a working lunch with journalists, where established creators–members of the Board presented the challenges of Artificial Intelligence for their work, as well as the key demands of the collective management sector and the creative community in general.
Also significant were the findings of the Public Opinion Survey conducted in collaboration with the market research company ALCO. Greek public opinion calls for the introduction of digital labeling on AI products and supports remuneration for creators for the use of their works by AI models. It also sends a clear message to everyone: “Human musical works have greater value than those of artificial intelligence.”
AUTODIA’s participation in special conferences in Greece includes the creation of a dedicated AI panel, with executives of the Organization, at the conference titled “Intellectual Property & Music: Feel the Rhythm!”, organized by the Hellenic Copyright Organization (OPI) on 5/5/2025 at Technopolis, Municipality of Athens, on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day 2025. All Collective Management Organizations for musical copyright and related rights participated in the event.
Within the framework of the annual E.I.I.R.A. Conference “All Things Radio” (11/2/26), Ms. Ilianna Antoniou, Director of Communications & International Relations of AUTODIA, delivered a speech titled “Music Content & Artificial Intelligence: Copyright at the Center”, addressing an audience consisting of political officials, institutional stakeholders, radio producers, representatives of advertising agencies and advertisers’ associations, as well as foreign experts.
In addition, AUTODIA, in cooperation with CISAC, co-organized in Athens on 16/4/2024 a special conference titled “Challenging Issues in Copyright and Collective Management”, with the presence of leading professors, lawyers, creators and professionals in the field of intellectual property, as well as representatives of Collective Management Organizations from Greece and abroad. The conference addressed the challenges of Artificial Intelligence and digital technology in general for copyright and collective management.
AUTODIA also participated, with a special delegation, in the GESAC “Meet The Authors” event, held on 29/1/25 at the European Parliament, in the presence of many Members of the European Parliament and Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, responsible for Technological Sovereignty, Security and Democracy. More than 35 distinguished creators from across Europe were present, including composers Giannis Glezos, Phoebus, and Vangelis Fampas.
In the margins of the “Meet The Authors” event, AUTODIA representatives held a series of meetings with Greek Members of the European Parliament in Brussels, aiming to inform and mobilize them. As a result, three Members of the European Parliament — Eleonora Meleti, Dimitris Tsiodras, and Giorgos Aftias — submitted Questions to the European Commission, while Nikos Papandreou co-signed a Joint Letter with 45 other colleagues regarding the protection of artists’ and creators’ rights facing the challenges of AI and digital platforms.
At the same time, key issues of Artificial Intelligence were at the top of the agenda of the CISAC General Assembly, the CISAC European Committee, and the annual Budapest Meeting of CISAC, meetings in which AUTODIA continues to actively participate each year. This activity continued dynamically this year as well, with the Organization’s strong presence at both the 100th anniversary CISAC General Assembly and the GESAC General Assembly in Brussels, placing the future of copyright in the AI era back at the center of European demands.
In the same context, AUTODIA had a strong presence at the scientific conference co-organized by OPI and UNIC Athens on the challenges and prospects of Artificial Intelligence in collective management, highlighting the need for legislative initiatives and modern regulatory tools. At the same time, the Organization participated in the Panathēnea 2026 festival, with AUTODIA’s CEO, Margarita Panagiotopoulou, highlighting, alongside key representatives of the music industry such as Desmond Child, the challenges of Artificial Intelligence for the future of musical creation. The panel focused, among other things, on how the Organization remains dedicated to the principles of Consent, Credit, and Compensation, calling AI providers into an open dialogue.
Finally, AUTODIA consistently hosts on its website www.autodia.gr all developments regarding the harmful effects of unauthorized use of AI in the cultural and creative sector, based on international economic studies, awareness campaigns by international and European creators’ federations, and other current news.