Politique

The Centre national de la musique organized a European event yesterday, attended by several MEPs, representatives from the French Ministry of Culture and a number of staff from…

While the issues of data on creative works and copyright collection remain at the heart of CISAC’s activity, the international organization of authors’ societies has also taken the…

The French traditional right – Les Républicains – published their program for the European elections. On the menu, a lot of economics, a little innovation, and no culture.…

Even though the subjects of copyright, platform liability and AI regulation are being addressed more at European than national level, culture is the big absentee in this European…

With each passing day, this European election campaign brings its share of bad news for the cultural sector, many of whose historic allies will not be in the…

As part of his Simplification! action plan, the French Minister of Economy and Finance notes that data regulation poses problems for innovative companies, and intends to require its…

The European Parliament reminds the Commission of the urgent need to carry out an in-depth analysis of national tax incentive schemes in the audiovisual sector, and their consequences.…

Margrethe Vestager believes that the aim of the Digital Markets Act is to get platforms to change their business models, and warns that European and national institutions are…

After the fiascos of the « influencers » and « online hate » laws, and then that of the PJL Sécurité numérique, French texts that were all the…

Yesterday, the organization representing the major platforms in Brussels held a meeting between tech players, representatives of the European institutions, and representatives of rights holders to discuss the…

The French cultural sector welcomes the recommendations of the Generative AI Committee’s report, which asks for the transparency of training data. They also urge the French government to…

The European Commission today published, on the basis of the Digital Services Act, its guidelines for mitigating election risks on very large platforms. They cover all elections, but…

Platforms immediately reacted to the opening of three investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta on the basis of the Digital Markets Act, pointing out that this announcement comes…

The future implementing acts of the European regulation on artificial intelligence will be the subject of intense and complex discussions in Brussels, particularly on the subject of training…

Altice Media is a group that has succeeded in developing on the Net and increasing the notoriety of its brands. However, the future new owner will need to…

It’s done: the European Parliament today adopted the European Regulation on Artificial Intelligence. The creative industries are applauding, but are already asking the European Parliament for help with…

Following the announcement of Spotify’s price hike in France, the Centre national de la musique (CNM) has responded with a statement clarifying that the streaming tax – the…

Apple could be the first company sanctioned for non-compliance with the DMA, following its refusal to authorize the creation of a competing App Store by game publisher Epic…

Spotify France will compensate for the streaming tax by increasing the rates of its offers. The number one in streaming explains this to its users. A decision that…

In an op-ed, the European representative of the Computer and Communication Industry Association (CCIA) expresses concern at the haste with which European institutions are erecting new regulations affecting…

Yesterday, the European Commission organized its first major « Music Moves Europe » event. In particular, it was an opportunity for the European executive to urge the music…

The Conseil d’Etat’s decision about the French news channel Cnews is contrary to the Media Freedom Act currently being adopted in Brussels, and more specifically to its Article…

The AI Regulation was adopted by the Council of the EU on Friday. A committee vote will take place in the Parliament next week, followed by a plenary…

France won’t be able to get the vote on the European Artificial Intelligence Act blocked this Friday. The Elysée, under the aegis of Bercy, has fallen back on…

Sacem and Gema published a study showing that while a growing number of authors are using AI in their work, they also want to see their works protected…

The French government is not letting up, and continues to try to convince other member States to vote for an AI Act that would not include protections for…

Belgium took over the presidency of the EU Council a few days ago. It was in this context that CISAC president Bjorn Ulvaeus met with the Belgian prime…

After intense discussions within the government, Germany is continuing to experiment with the culture pass, but with a budget cut in half, against a backdrop of reduced funding…

The European regulation on media freedom is moving forward, with a vote in the Council today. It should be ready for adoption in plenary as early as February.…

The French government is taking note of European wishes regarding its PJL Sécurité Numérique, but is essentially asking the European Commission to save it from ridicule by forcing…