CISAC Board Gatherings In Sydney For Talks on the ‘Significant Threat’ of AI

SYDNEY, Australia — As it celebrates its 100 th anniversary, APRA AMCOS this week opens its doors for a once-in-a-quarter century gathering of international rights professionals. The meeting brings together heads of major collective management bodies including ASCAP (U.S.), JASRAC (Japan), PRS for Music (U.K.), SOCAN (Canada) and UBC (Brazil), as well as organizations like DACS (UK), which manages rights for visual artists, and SACD (France), which manages rights for audiovisual directors and screenwriters.

The meetings of APRA AMCOS reps and counterparts from its sister collecting societies, united under the CISAC banner, will explore at length the challenges of the AI revolution — the “most significant threat in a generation,” a statement reads. “APRA and CISAC have been advocating for creators’ rights for 100 years, and to be able to meet on home soil to both celebrate our history and look forward to our next 100 years together is a great honor,” comments AMCOS CEO Dean Ormston , who has been chair of CISAC since 2025.

“We stand strong in our collaboration with CMOs from around the world, united under the CISAC banner, as we advocate for the value of human creativity in the face of the AI revolution.” AI is the issue of our time. A recently published study , commissioned by CISAC, found that the market size for Generative AI music could reach up to €16 billion ($20.9 billion) annually by 2028, with as much as 24% of music creators’ revenues at risk without effective regulation and licensing frameworks.