The Alliance advocates for equitable commercial conditions for composers and songwriters and strives to improve the social and economic development of music creation in Europe.
The Alliance aims at creating a fair and sustainable framework for creators as well as ensuring an appropriate and proportionate remuneration for all music authors.
Furthermore, the Alliance monitored the work and discussions held at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), though its observer status was removed in 2021.
[3] ECSA has worked extensively to defend and promote the 2019 EU Copyright Directive and improve its provisions to the benefit of composers and songwriters.
[5] The Alliance and its member organizations have denounced the extremely low level of remuneration coming from music streaming platforms.
In continuity with its advocacy activities on music streaming, ECSA organized a roundtable[6] with Members of the European Parliament and experts on 1 December 2020.
ECCO is an ECSA project dedicated to performing and promoting contemporary art music and reaching new audiences.
In 2021, the EFMD was organized digitally and brought together experts for two panel discussions[8] on “Composing for Video Games – The Creative Process” and “Buy-outs in the audiovisual sector: How is the problem affecting music creators?” The EFMD was previously held in the framework of the Cannes Film Festival on a yearly basis, and it was organized in partnership with La Quinzaine des Realizations.