AI-powered film restoration: the innovations are skyrocketing
In just a few years, AI has taken center stage in film restoration. Cheaper, faster, Ia accumulates advantages, and it also opens up this aging heritage to renewed consumption by following the latest visual trends. The restoration of old films is undergoing a veritable revolution thanks to artificial intelligence (AI).…
Glenn Micallef: the creative sector needs to use AI and the EU will help them do it
Glenn Micallef, Commissioner-designate for Culture, Education and Sport, will be heard by the European Parliament on Monday November 4. Among his priorities is the establishment, with future Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, of a "European strategy on artificial intelligence for the cultural and creative sectors." At the heart of this strategy is…
Music majors in the AI era: between innovation and massive investment
The three giants of the music industry, Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, are very active on the AI front. The majors are strategically positioning themselves in the face of the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), investing substantial sums in this revolutionary technology. Each of…
Implementation of the IA Act: the European Parliament wants to be involved
The European Parliament confirms its intention to monitor the implementation of the texts it has adopted, with last week's first meeting of its working group on the AI Act. At this stage, it is unclear to what extent the Parliament intends to influence the content of the implementing acts for…
Ekhoscènes relaunches the fight for intellectual property rights for live music producers
Ekhoscènes, formerly Prodiss, publishes its activity report for 2023-2024, and looks back on its transformation. The organization takes the opportunity to relaunch its fight for an intellectual property right for live producers. Following its merger with the Syndicat national des théâtres privés (the SNDTP) and the Syndicat des cabarets et…
CISAC: the battle for digital revenues is almost won, now it’s time to settle the AI question
CISAC welcomes the growth in royalties from the digital exploitation of works and the improved health of live performance, but believes that swift action is needed to protect creators in the face of AI. The annual report of CISAC - the worldwide confederation of collecting societies - on global copyright…
Almost the entire creative world is opposed to training generative AIs with unlicensed works
Writers, actors, singers, music and film authors have united to say "niet" to training generative AIs with unlicensed copyrighted works. The declaration is as short as the list of its signatories is immense. "The unlicensed use of creative works to train generative AI is a major and unjust threat to…