FRANCES MOORE, FORMER IFPI CEO, HONOURED WITH ADEPI 2024 AWARD

09-07-2024

The Minister of Culture, Ernest Urtasun, presided over the Adepi 2024 Awards Gala at the Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid and presented the trophies of the Adepi 2024 Award for Cultural Dissemination to Frances Moore, former CEO of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI) and Tomás Fernando Flores, director of Radio 3.

Adepi, the Association for the Development of Intellectual Property, which represents the collective management organisations in Spain, including AGEDI, the organisation of phonographic producers' intellectual property rights, held its annual awards ceremony on the afternoon of Thursday 3 July, with the 2024 edition going to Frances Moore, former CEO of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), and the International Literary and Artistic Association (ALAI). In addition, Tomás Fernando Flores, Director of Radio 3, received the Adepi Prize for Cultural Dissemination, awarded for the first time this year.

During the award ceremony, the Minister of Culture told the audience that "the right to creation is one of the cornerstones" of the cultural rights plan that the Ministry of Culture is finalising, presented a few hours earlier, and that "in this context, intellectual property is configured as a vector for the sustainability of creative and cultural work".

Ernest Urtasun emphasised that the Ministry of Culture works regularly with the organisations that make up Adepi: "Because if creation is part of a collective process, the management of intellectual property must also be collective and transparent, professional and supportive, as you do".

The president of Adepi, Antonio Fernández, pointed out that "if this sixth edition of the Adepi Award had a slogan, it would be “Stronger than Yesterday and Ready for Tomorrow", because "although collective management is a consolidated rights management model, it is once again facing a complicated future due to a disruptive technology, in this case artificial intelligence".

In the same way, the first award winner of the evening, Frances Moore, head of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) for the last thirteen years, stressed the importance of protecting intellectual property rights on the Internet in the face of this technology: "The battle is not over. There are major challenges ahead. AI can be an incredible tool for the music business, as long as it is properly authorised and licensed by rights holders".

I have worked at European and global level for more than 30 years to defend the intellectual property and rights of the music community," she explained. It has not been an easy task because, especially in the early days, there was little understanding of why artists, writers, publishers and producers should be properly remunerated for the wonderful music they create. Little understanding of the role of each link in the music chain and how interdependent they are".

"Education was an essential part of the campaign, constantly explaining the value of music to government, consumers and the big telecoms and technology companies. We started to make real progress when all parts of the music chain worked together in partnership, achieving significant successes over the years on priorities such as the EU Copyright Directive, term extension or the AI Bill. Artists, writers, publishers and producers are stronger when they work together and Adepi is a great example of the power of collaboration," concluded Frances Moore.

Commenting on the issue, ALAI President Frank Gotzen stressed that "while the cultural sector is an important economic driver, we also know that culture is born from the work of the men and women who create it and, especially in these times of artificial intelligence, the creator alone is often unable to defend and enforce his or her rights".

"Following in the footsteps of our founder, the French writer Victor Hugo, we have been working since 1878 to defend the rights of authors and artists, ensuring the protection of their economic and moral rights, especially in an international framework such as the Berne Convention," he added.

Tomás Fernando Flores, Director of Radio 3, recalled RTVE's commitment to intellectual property and, in the case of Radio 3, its programming dedicated entirely to culture, activating projects such as the Radio 3 Extra audio-visual platform, relations with cultural institutions and organisations, and research into new narratives and technologies.

"Culture is the best tool we have to regain peace, justice, freedom of expression, tolerance and diversity," said Flores, stressing the value of creators as the essential driving force of art.

The event, which was also attended by the Director General of Cultural Affairs in the Presidency of the Government, Manuela Villa, the Secretary of State for Culture, Carmen Páez, and the Director General of Cultural Rights in the Ministry of Culture, Jazmín Beirak, ended with a concert by the Enol Ensemble string quartet and piano, whose repertoire of classic film soundtracks took the 120 people gathered in the museum's gardens on a journey through film, music and literature.

Find all the pictures of the event at this link

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