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CIAM to boost music creators in Africa with workshops and meetings in Cape Verde

23 January 2019

The International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) lands in Cape Verde for days of workshops and meetings from January 24thto 28th. Designed to support local music creators, CIAM and its African alliance PACSA are coming to support the Cape Verdean…

CIAM and CISAC examine gender equality in music at Eurosonic

18 January 2019

Recent years have brought about calls for research into gender representation in the creative and cultural industries. The music sector remains highly segregated by gender across numerous aspects including pay, leadership roles and festival appearances. At Eurosonic Noorderslag (ESNS) on…

Ashley DuBose speaks about gender equity

Share your #CIAMequity story and support gender equity

18 January 2019

CIAM is working to improve gender equity for music creators in the United States and across the world. A dedicated working group made up of music creators is focused on these issues, devising new projects and strategies to implement across the globe that…

ALCAM starts new music creator training programme with session in Paraguay

14 December 2018

In Asunción, Paraguay, the Latin America CIAM continental alliance, ALCAM, recently held its first music creator training seminar. Organised with the help of the country’s collective management society, Autores Paraguayos Asociados (APA), more than 50 composers and music creators attended to learn…

CIAM: The world’s music creators urge the European Institutions to support culture and creators when finalising the new Copyright Directive

12 December 2018

Paris, 12 December 2018 – CIAM, the International Council of Music Creators, representing over 4 million music creators worldwide awaits the outcome of the inter-institutional negotiations on the Copyright Directive. As creators of music we actively support Article 13, together…

Joint statement: The EU urgently needs remuneration rules for authors and performers

10 December 2018

European and international authors and performers’ organisations from all sectors urge Member States to support the much-needed Article -14 providing for fair and proportionate remuneration for authors and performers in the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. Proposed…

Get to know PACSA’s Africa Copyright Ambassadors in new video

10 December 2018

The Pan-African Composers and Songwriters Alliance (PACSA) is a continental alliance of CIAM that exists to lobby for the interests of composers and songwriters in the region. PACSA has built the Africa Copyright Ambassadors programme to promote and protect copyright…

2018 Creators Seminar and APMA General Assembly

APMA issues Jakarta Statement supporting creators at General Assembly in Indonesia

19 November 2018

The Asia-Pacific Music Alliance, a continental alliance of CIAM, held its second General Assembly on November 14th. Taking place during the CISAC and WAMI-organised Creators Seminar, the assembly allowed music creators to learn about the announced copyright buy-out study as well as…

Shunichi Tokura selected as 2018 Person of Cultural Merits

16 November 2018

On November 5th, Japanese composer, CIAM Executive Committee member, APMA Chairperson and JASRAC Executive Adviser Shunichi Tokura received one of the highest awards in culture presented by the Japanese government to an individual. The Person of Cultural Merits award was…