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1. April 2025Joint statement by a coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors regarding the third draft of the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code of Practice
The third draft of the GPAI Code of Practice undermines the objectives of the AI Act, contravenes EU law and ignores the intention of the EU legislator – we cannot support it. Brussels, 28 March 2025 A key objective of the AI Act is to give authors,… -
28. March 2025Reservation of Rights (“Opt-Out”) under the Exception for Text and Data Mining for Commercial Purposes
With this statement, OSA publicly declares that it reserves the use of works of rights holders who have authorized OSA to manage these rights, by means of the reproduction and extraction of such works for the purpose of text and data mining for… -
12. February 2025OSA General Assembly 2025
Dear OSA Members, We would like to announce the date of the General Assembly of OSA, z.s. members: Date: Monday 26 May 2025Time: 12:30 pmPlace: Grandior Hotel Prague, Na Poříčí 1052/42, 110 00 Prague-Florenc The purpose of this year's meeting is to… -
12. December 2024OSA opening hours over Christmas and New Year´s Eve 2024
Dear authors, dear business partners, we would like to inform you about our opening hours during the Christmas holidays: On 23 and 27 December 2024 our company will be closed for technical reasons. The last working day before the holidays will… -
4. December 2024Music authors and other professions are entitled to a remuneration from imported smartphones
According to the Supreme Court's ruling in the OSA vs. Vodafone case, music authors and other artistic professions are entitled to remuneration from imported smartphones that can be used to store, share and copy music, films, images or books. The… -
19. July 2024OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním, z.s. shortens its name to OSA, z.s.
OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním, z.s. (“Collective rights management society for musical works”) announces a change of its name. Effective July 17, 2024, the company will go by the shortened name OSA, z.s. The other…