IMPALA WELCOMES NEW UKRAINIAN TRADE ASSOCIATION MEMBER NEW CAPACITY-BUILDING SCHEME FOR YOUNG ASSOCIATIONS LAUNCHED
Following its Annual General Meeting in Zagreb, IMPALA is announcing the launch of a capacity-building scheme for its new member associations. IMPALA is also welcoming a new Ukrainian trade association member, the recently founded SPILNA.
IMPALA URGES SHARED CLIMATE ACTION AND FAIR ACCESS TO TRANSITION PATHWAYS AHEAD OF COP30
Ahead of next week’s COP30 in Brazil, IMPALA calls on the independent music sector and governments alike to prioritise collective climate action, embed culture into climate policy, and ensure a level playing field in the transition to a low-carbon future.
INDEPENDENT MUSIC COMMUNITY PUBLISHES “100 VOICES” ON WHY UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP’S ACQUISITION OF DOWNTOWN MUSIC HOLDINGS SHOULD BE BLOCKED
Independent music leaders today published 100 Voices, a campaign with a clear message – Universal Music Group’s proposed acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings should be blocked.
IMPALA ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC SUMMIT IN ZAGREB
As part of its EU network project, IMPALA is announcing the first iteration of the European Independent Music Summit, a high-level strategic meeting taking place on Wednesday 29 October in Zagreb. This year, the Summit is organised in collaboration with RUNDA Adria, the association of independent music companies in the Adria region, as part of IMPALA’s ongoing focus on boosting the independent music sector in the region.
JOINT STATEMENT BY A BROAD COALITION OF RIGHTSHOLDERS ACTIVE ACROSS THE EU’S CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS REGARDING THE AI ACT IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES ADOPTED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Representing a broad coalition of European and global authors, performers, publishers,
producers and other rightsholder organisations, we wish to formally express our dissatisfaction
with the published GPAI Code of Practice, the GPAI Guidelines, and the Template for disclosure
of a sufficiently detailed summary of training data under Article 53 of the EU AI Act.
EU POLICYMAKERS URGED TO #StayTrueToTheAct TO UPHOLD THE PRINCIPLES OF TRANSPARENCY, CONSENT, AND PROTECTION OF CREATORS
Following on our previous statement, IMPALA calls on EU policy makers to #StayTrueToTheAct and uphold the principles of transparency, consent, and protection of creators, as illustrated in the video sharing ‘Sophia’s Story’.
IMPALA CONFIRMS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES INCLUDING BOOSTING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY AND STREAMING ANALYSIS
At the board meeting ahead of summer and its annual general meeting in October, IMPALA confirmed its strategic priorities and brainstormed on the questions including the current economic climate, its impact on businesses and associations in the sector, as well as streaming reform and consolidation.
IMPALA BOARD MEMBERS HOLD FIRST BLUE-SKY SESSION AS PART OF EU NETWORK PROGRAMME
As part of its overall EU Network Programme, IMPALA members held its first Blue-sky session to brainstorm on implementation of the new project so far.
AI – MAKE SURE YOUR RIGHTS ARE RESERVED!
We want to stress again the importance for all IMPALA members of making sure their rights are reserved in the context of AI training/machine learning.
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENTARIANS WRITE TO EC ON RAAP
Nearly five years on from the EU’s RAAP ruling, French Socialist MEP Emma Rafowicz and fellow MEPs from across the political spectrum and from various EU member states have asked Executive Vice President of the European Commission Henna Virkkunen to share the EC’s timeline for clarifying conformity of the principle of reciprocity with EU law.