The SNEP sets out its priorities for this presidential election
At the MaMA event held in northern Paris, the SNEP, the national trade union for the music publishing industry, organised a debate moderated by journalist Isabelle Szczepanski, with participants including Laure Darcos, Céline Calvez, Virginie Duby-Muller and Emma Rafowicz, to discuss the role of music in public policy in the run-up to the 2027 presidential election. In the wake of this debate, the SNEP has published… its proposals for the 2027 presidential election, with a simple message: without stricter regulations on AI, without a review of the tax system and without increased support for paid subscriptions, the music industry risks seeing its economic foundation weakened further. First and foremost, producers want to ensure transparency in audio AI models. These models are trained on large datasets of works and recordings, most…