Joint Statement from EU Rightholders coalition criticising EU AI Act

ICMP – the global voice of the music publishing industry, representing Majors, Indies and 77 national trade associations across 6 continents – has issued a joint statement on the EU AI Act with a coalition of international creative industries, artists, performers and criticising the political direction of travel on the EU’s AI Act implementation. Enforcement tools such as a new AI Training Disclosure Summary […]

ICMP signs letter calling for creators’ rights to be at the centre of AI discussions

We stand right behind our French industry colleagues in their call for copyright and creators’ rights to be at the centre of AI discussions. As a global trade body we endorse their statement. As industry and political leaders convene on Paris, we must recall that creative media industries and AI markets are both built on […]

European creators and rightsholders call for improved AI Code of Practice

On 27 Jan 2025, ICMP along with European creators and rightsholders issued a joint letter to the office of Executive Vice-President Virkkunen calling for the second draft of the AI Code of Practice to be more aligned with the AI Act: “We represent a diverse yet unified coalition of creators and right holders active across […]

Vale Matthew Capper

This week, the international music publishing industry mourned the loss of our ICMP and Warner Chappell colleague and friend Matthew Capper. Chair of AMPAL (ICMP MPA Australasia) Clive Hodson: “Matthew and I worked very closely together at board level, me as deputy to his chair. During the almost 10 years we worked together I witnessed […]