European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA)
@ecsa.bsky.social
Representing composers and songwriters, we defend and promote the rights of music authors on national, EU, and international level. Co-funded by Creative Europe.
www.composeralliance.org
www.composeralliance.org
🇪🇺 🇬🇧 ECSA is glad to co-sign a set of policy recommendations to strengthen cultural and media relations between the EU and UK, together with more than 200 stakeholders from the EU’s and the UK’s CCS, and developed by the Forum on EU–UK Cultural & Media Relations. Full letter: bit.ly/3LYevox
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 AM
🇪🇺 🇬🇧 ECSA is glad to co-sign a set of policy recommendations to strengthen cultural and media relations between the EU and UK, together with more than 200 stakeholders from the EU’s and the UK’s CCS, and developed by the Forum on EU–UK Cultural & Media Relations. Full letter: bit.ly/3LYevox
⏰ Deadline approaching: one week left to apply to become a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme!
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
🎶 Are you an experienced female or non-binary music creator wanting to contribute to greater equality and visibility across the European music sector? Apply as a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme!
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⏰ Deadline approaching: one week left to apply to become a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme!
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
ECSA's October news is out! This month:
🔵 ECSA Session in Ljubljana hosted by DSS
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 Voting recommendations on proposed amendments to JURI draft report on #copyright and #AI
🔵 Panel at Linecheck, Apollon & FIM conference, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/47ZNs3V
🔵 ECSA Session in Ljubljana hosted by DSS
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 Voting recommendations on proposed amendments to JURI draft report on #copyright and #AI
🔵 Panel at Linecheck, Apollon & FIM conference, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/47ZNs3V
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
ECSA's October news is out! This month:
🔵 ECSA Session in Ljubljana hosted by DSS
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 Voting recommendations on proposed amendments to JURI draft report on #copyright and #AI
🔵 Panel at Linecheck, Apollon & FIM conference, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/47ZNs3V
🔵 ECSA Session in Ljubljana hosted by DSS
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 Voting recommendations on proposed amendments to JURI draft report on #copyright and #AI
🔵 Panel at Linecheck, Apollon & FIM conference, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/47ZNs3V
🎬 What can film composers do to better protect their rights? What action can we take against unfair contractual practices?
Watch the recording of our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract", earlier this month at WSA Ghent @wsawards.bsky.social, below ⤵️
Watch the recording of our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract", earlier this month at WSA Ghent @wsawards.bsky.social, below ⤵️
WSA Creator's Talk 2025: Negotiating in the Dark - The Composer's contract
YouTube video by Film Fest Gent // World Soundtrack Awards
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October 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🎬 What can film composers do to better protect their rights? What action can we take against unfair contractual practices?
Watch the recording of our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract", earlier this month at WSA Ghent @wsawards.bsky.social, below ⤵️
Watch the recording of our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract", earlier this month at WSA Ghent @wsawards.bsky.social, below ⤵️
🎥 Last week, we co-organised our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract" at WSA Ghent. @wsawards.bsky.social
📰 Want to know what has been discussed? Below, @variety.com listed five takeaways from the conversation ⤵️
bit.ly/3WL08pN
📰 Want to know what has been discussed? Below, @variety.com listed five takeaways from the conversation ⤵️
bit.ly/3WL08pN
Takeaways From the Discussion on Composers’ Contracts at the World Soundtrack Awards
Production companies are not publishers, beware of buyouts and kill fees: leading industry figures discuss the dos and don'ts of composers contracts
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
🎥 Last week, we co-organised our #CreatorsTalks panel "Negotiating in The Dark: The Composer’s Contract" at WSA Ghent. @wsawards.bsky.social
📰 Want to know what has been discussed? Below, @variety.com listed five takeaways from the conversation ⤵️
bit.ly/3WL08pN
📰 Want to know what has been discussed? Below, @variety.com listed five takeaways from the conversation ⤵️
bit.ly/3WL08pN
🎶 Are you an experienced female or non-binary music creator wanting to contribute to greater equality and visibility across the European music sector? Apply as a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme!
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025
October 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🎶 Are you an experienced female or non-binary music creator wanting to contribute to greater equality and visibility across the European music sector? Apply as a mentor in the AEC–ECSA–EJN–JMI Mentorship Programme!
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025
👉 More info and applications: bit.ly/46ZwKkl
🗓️ Deadline: 10 November 2025
🚨 Today, ECSA and 12 other organisations representing hundreds of thousands of European creators and artists, sent a letter to MEP's in the JURI Committee, presenting our voting recommendations on amendments to the draft report “Copyright & #genAI – opportunities and challenges".
ℹ️: bit.ly/48TpPMf
ℹ️: bit.ly/48TpPMf
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🚨 Today, ECSA and 12 other organisations representing hundreds of thousands of European creators and artists, sent a letter to MEP's in the JURI Committee, presenting our voting recommendations on amendments to the draft report “Copyright & #genAI – opportunities and challenges".
ℹ️: bit.ly/48TpPMf
ℹ️: bit.ly/48TpPMf
Out now: ECSA's September news!
🔵 #AgoraEU: EU music sector calls for comprehensive policy strategy and ambitious budget
🔵 ECSA President interviewed by Creatives Unite
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 New #TuneInDialogues podcast episode, mentoring sessions, and much more!
➡️ bit.ly/3Krl8z8
🔵 #AgoraEU: EU music sector calls for comprehensive policy strategy and ambitious budget
🔵 ECSA President interviewed by Creatives Unite
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 New #TuneInDialogues podcast episode, mentoring sessions, and much more!
➡️ bit.ly/3Krl8z8
September 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Out now: ECSA's September news!
🔵 #AgoraEU: EU music sector calls for comprehensive policy strategy and ambitious budget
🔵 ECSA President interviewed by Creatives Unite
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 New #TuneInDialogues podcast episode, mentoring sessions, and much more!
➡️ bit.ly/3Krl8z8
🔵 #AgoraEU: EU music sector calls for comprehensive policy strategy and ambitious budget
🔵 ECSA President interviewed by Creatives Unite
🔵 #CreatorsTalks panel at WSA Ghent
🔵 New #TuneInDialogues podcast episode, mentoring sessions, and much more!
➡️ bit.ly/3Krl8z8
Today, 21 organisations from across Europe’s music sector, including ECSA, call for a comprehensive policy strategy and an ambitious budget for Europe’s music sector within #AgoraEU, reflecting the economic, social, and cultural importance of music in Europe.
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4mAhvEd
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4mAhvEd
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Today, 21 organisations from across Europe’s music sector, including ECSA, call for a comprehensive policy strategy and an ambitious budget for Europe’s music sector within #AgoraEU, reflecting the economic, social, and cultural importance of music in Europe.
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4mAhvEd
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4mAhvEd
🗣️ ECSA President Helienne Lindvall spoke to #CreativesUnite about our concerns on the AI Act implementation, the place of culture in the recently proposed Multiannual Financial Framework, and the importance of establishing an EU strategy for the music sector within the new #AgoraEU programme.
August 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🗣️ ECSA President Helienne Lindvall spoke to #CreativesUnite about our concerns on the AI Act implementation, the place of culture in the recently proposed Multiannual Financial Framework, and the importance of establishing an EU strategy for the music sector within the new #AgoraEU programme.
ECSA's July news is out!
🔵 Joint statement on EU AI Act implementing package
🔵 European Commission’s investigation into UMG’s acquisition of Downtown
🔵 ECSA welcomes MEP Axel Voss’ draft report on copyright and #genAI
🔵 EU budget proposal, SoundTrack_Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4ojTaF2
🔵 Joint statement on EU AI Act implementing package
🔵 European Commission’s investigation into UMG’s acquisition of Downtown
🔵 ECSA welcomes MEP Axel Voss’ draft report on copyright and #genAI
🔵 EU budget proposal, SoundTrack_Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4ojTaF2
July 31, 2025 at 7:17 AM
ECSA's July news is out!
🔵 Joint statement on EU AI Act implementing package
🔵 European Commission’s investigation into UMG’s acquisition of Downtown
🔵 ECSA welcomes MEP Axel Voss’ draft report on copyright and #genAI
🔵 EU budget proposal, SoundTrack_Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4ojTaF2
🔵 Joint statement on EU AI Act implementing package
🔵 European Commission’s investigation into UMG’s acquisition of Downtown
🔵 ECSA welcomes MEP Axel Voss’ draft report on copyright and #genAI
🔵 EU budget proposal, SoundTrack_Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4ojTaF2
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"A betrayal of the EU AI Act’s objectives”
„We are being sold out in favour of GenAI model providers“:
Joint Statement on the GPAI Code of Practice and the template by 40 Federations of the European Cultural and Creative Sectors
europeanwriterscouncil.eu/ccs-joint-st...
#AIAct #CodeOfPractice
„We are being sold out in favour of GenAI model providers“:
Joint Statement on the GPAI Code of Practice and the template by 40 Federations of the European Cultural and Creative Sectors
europeanwriterscouncil.eu/ccs-joint-st...
#AIAct #CodeOfPractice
July 30, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"A betrayal of the EU AI Act’s objectives”
„We are being sold out in favour of GenAI model providers“:
Joint Statement on the GPAI Code of Practice and the template by 40 Federations of the European Cultural and Creative Sectors
europeanwriterscouncil.eu/ccs-joint-st...
#AIAct #CodeOfPractice
„We are being sold out in favour of GenAI model providers“:
Joint Statement on the GPAI Code of Practice and the template by 40 Federations of the European Cultural and Creative Sectors
europeanwriterscouncil.eu/ccs-joint-st...
#AIAct #CodeOfPractice
❗ Together with a broad coalition of rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors, we express our strong concerns about the EU AI Act implementing package, which does not provide a meaningful implementation of the GPAI obligations under the AI Act.
➡️ Read: bit.ly/3H8lCsC
➡️ Read: bit.ly/3H8lCsC
July 30, 2025 at 7:22 AM
❗ Together with a broad coalition of rightsholders active across the EU’s cultural and creative sectors, we express our strong concerns about the EU AI Act implementing package, which does not provide a meaningful implementation of the GPAI obligations under the AI Act.
➡️ Read: bit.ly/3H8lCsC
➡️ Read: bit.ly/3H8lCsC
Reposted by European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA)
Very informative launch of @imro Ireland: Music Report 2025 this morning. Recognising the cultural, social and economic value of music and threats of unregulated AI and getting a fair share from streaming for creators
@ecsa.bsky.social @malcolmbyrne.bsky.social
@ecsa.bsky.social @malcolmbyrne.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Very informative launch of @imro Ireland: Music Report 2025 this morning. Recognising the cultural, social and economic value of music and threats of unregulated AI and getting a fair share from streaming for creators
@ecsa.bsky.social @malcolmbyrne.bsky.social
@ecsa.bsky.social @malcolmbyrne.bsky.social
🚨 We urge the European Commission to block Universal Music Group (UMG)’s acquisition of Downtown Music.
July 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨 We urge the European Commission to block Universal Music Group (UMG)’s acquisition of Downtown Music.
Opportunity for European film composers: Film Music Career Mentoring courses with Oticons!
Get tailored guidance through both the creative and business aspects composing for film by acclaimed film composers agent George Christopoulos and renowned composer Miriam Cutler.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/44cIIHi
Get tailored guidance through both the creative and business aspects composing for film by acclaimed film composers agent George Christopoulos and renowned composer Miriam Cutler.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/44cIIHi
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Opportunity for European film composers: Film Music Career Mentoring courses with Oticons!
Get tailored guidance through both the creative and business aspects composing for film by acclaimed film composers agent George Christopoulos and renowned composer Miriam Cutler.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/44cIIHi
Get tailored guidance through both the creative and business aspects composing for film by acclaimed film composers agent George Christopoulos and renowned composer Miriam Cutler.
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/44cIIHi
ECSA's June news is out!
🔵 #AI: joint letter to European Parliament’s JURI Committee
🔵 ECSA President @helienne.bsky.social joins meetings in New York and Biarritz
🔵 Joint call: increase the budget of #CreativeEurope
🔵 EFM, SoundTrack _Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4lqZtVz
🔵 #AI: joint letter to European Parliament’s JURI Committee
🔵 ECSA President @helienne.bsky.social joins meetings in New York and Biarritz
🔵 Joint call: increase the budget of #CreativeEurope
🔵 EFM, SoundTrack _Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4lqZtVz
July 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
ECSA's June news is out!
🔵 #AI: joint letter to European Parliament’s JURI Committee
🔵 ECSA President @helienne.bsky.social joins meetings in New York and Biarritz
🔵 Joint call: increase the budget of #CreativeEurope
🔵 EFM, SoundTrack _Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4lqZtVz
🔵 #AI: joint letter to European Parliament’s JURI Committee
🔵 ECSA President @helienne.bsky.social joins meetings in New York and Biarritz
🔵 Joint call: increase the budget of #CreativeEurope
🔵 EFM, SoundTrack _Cologne, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4lqZtVz
As the EU prepares its next 7-year budget, it is crucial to protect and strengthen #CreativeEurope. Together with 70+ European associations, we call on EU leaders to:
🔹Keep Creative Europe stand-alone
🔹Double its budget
🔹Invest strategically in culture’s future
📢 Full letter: bit.ly/45OMzvp
🔹Keep Creative Europe stand-alone
🔹Double its budget
🔹Invest strategically in culture’s future
📢 Full letter: bit.ly/45OMzvp
June 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As the EU prepares its next 7-year budget, it is crucial to protect and strengthen #CreativeEurope. Together with 70+ European associations, we call on EU leaders to:
🔹Keep Creative Europe stand-alone
🔹Double its budget
🔹Invest strategically in culture’s future
📢 Full letter: bit.ly/45OMzvp
🔹Keep Creative Europe stand-alone
🔹Double its budget
🔹Invest strategically in culture’s future
📢 Full letter: bit.ly/45OMzvp
Reposted by European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA)
#authorsrights #humanrights @europeanwriterscouncil.eu and other creatives' organisations urge MEPs to respect and defend human creativity and creatives' rights against the exploitation of #ai
@ceatl.bsky.social @ecsa.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @egair.eu @ifjglobal.bsky.social
@ceatl.bsky.social @ecsa.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @egair.eu @ifjglobal.bsky.social
‼Protecting the rights of creators and artists vs generative AI
📄Joint letter to the European Parlament
#authorsrights #humanrights
europeanwriterscouncil.eu/2506_jl_juri...
We urge MEPs to place the key principles of "authorisation, remuneration and transparency at the heart of this report.”
📄Joint letter to the European Parlament
#authorsrights #humanrights
europeanwriterscouncil.eu/2506_jl_juri...
We urge MEPs to place the key principles of "authorisation, remuneration and transparency at the heart of this report.”
Joint letter to the European Parlament: Protecting the rights of creators and artists vs generative AI - EWC - European Writers Council
This letter emphasise that the JURI Committee drafts “an ambitious report addressing our concerns around the implementation of the AI Act and the questionable applicability of TDM exception, urging fo...
europeanwriterscouncil.eu
June 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
#authorsrights #humanrights @europeanwriterscouncil.eu and other creatives' organisations urge MEPs to respect and defend human creativity and creatives' rights against the exploitation of #ai
@ceatl.bsky.social @ecsa.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @egair.eu @ifjglobal.bsky.social
@ceatl.bsky.social @ecsa.bsky.social @efjeurope.bsky.social @egair.eu @ifjglobal.bsky.social
🚨 Today, a wide coalition representing hundreds of thousands of creators and artists sent a letter to members of the @europarl.europa.eu JURI Committee on MEP Axel Voss' report on “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges".
➡️ Read our letter: bit.ly/3HHeT99
➡️ Read our letter: bit.ly/3HHeT99
June 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨 Today, a wide coalition representing hundreds of thousands of creators and artists sent a letter to members of the @europarl.europa.eu JURI Committee on MEP Axel Voss' report on “Copyright and generative artificial intelligence – opportunities and challenges".
➡️ Read our letter: bit.ly/3HHeT99
➡️ Read our letter: bit.ly/3HHeT99
Out now: ECSA's monthly news!
🔵 Creators Talks panels at #Classical:NEXT and BMIM Special
🔵 #AI open letter ahead of EU’s Ministers of Culture Council meeting
🔵 #CreatorsForEuropeUnited call on AI
🔵 Global Statement on artistic freedom, U2C Awards, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4mIXM6O
🔵 Creators Talks panels at #Classical:NEXT and BMIM Special
🔵 #AI open letter ahead of EU’s Ministers of Culture Council meeting
🔵 #CreatorsForEuropeUnited call on AI
🔵 Global Statement on artistic freedom, U2C Awards, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4mIXM6O
June 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Out now: ECSA's monthly news!
🔵 Creators Talks panels at #Classical:NEXT and BMIM Special
🔵 #AI open letter ahead of EU’s Ministers of Culture Council meeting
🔵 #CreatorsForEuropeUnited call on AI
🔵 Global Statement on artistic freedom, U2C Awards, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4mIXM6O
🔵 Creators Talks panels at #Classical:NEXT and BMIM Special
🔵 #AI open letter ahead of EU’s Ministers of Culture Council meeting
🔵 #CreatorsForEuropeUnited call on AI
🔵 Global Statement on artistic freedom, U2C Awards, and much more!
➡️ Read: bit.ly/4mIXM6O
Live from Amsterdam: our #CreatorsTalks panel at #BMIMspecial!
@nainitadesai.bsky.social, Jesper Hansen (BFM, ECSA), Hans Everling (BCMM) and Marc du Moulin (ECSA) discuss buyouts, pseudo-publishing and other harmful contractual practices for audiovisual composers.
@nainitadesai.bsky.social, Jesper Hansen (BFM, ECSA), Hans Everling (BCMM) and Marc du Moulin (ECSA) discuss buyouts, pseudo-publishing and other harmful contractual practices for audiovisual composers.
May 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Live from Amsterdam: our #CreatorsTalks panel at #BMIMspecial!
@nainitadesai.bsky.social, Jesper Hansen (BFM, ECSA), Hans Everling (BCMM) and Marc du Moulin (ECSA) discuss buyouts, pseudo-publishing and other harmful contractual practices for audiovisual composers.
@nainitadesai.bsky.social, Jesper Hansen (BFM, ECSA), Hans Everling (BCMM) and Marc du Moulin (ECSA) discuss buyouts, pseudo-publishing and other harmful contractual practices for audiovisual composers.
We, a broad coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders organisations, call for a meaningful implementation of the EU AI Act, upholding the principles of transparency, consent, and remuneration.
It is time to #StayTrueToTheAct.
➡️ More info: StayTrueToTheAct.eu
It is time to #StayTrueToTheAct.
➡️ More info: StayTrueToTheAct.eu
May 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We, a broad coalition of authors, performers and other rightsholders organisations, call for a meaningful implementation of the EU AI Act, upholding the principles of transparency, consent, and remuneration.
It is time to #StayTrueToTheAct.
➡️ More info: StayTrueToTheAct.eu
It is time to #StayTrueToTheAct.
➡️ More info: StayTrueToTheAct.eu
🎼 Live from #Classical:NEXT: our #CreatorsTalks panel on discoverability and cultural diversity in the digital age!
Esther Gottschalk (Nieuw Geneco), Zahra Mani (ECSA) and Jannick Kirk Sørensen (Aalborg University) discuss how we can enhance the prominence and visibility of European works.
Esther Gottschalk (Nieuw Geneco), Zahra Mani (ECSA) and Jannick Kirk Sørensen (Aalborg University) discuss how we can enhance the prominence and visibility of European works.
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🎼 Live from #Classical:NEXT: our #CreatorsTalks panel on discoverability and cultural diversity in the digital age!
Esther Gottschalk (Nieuw Geneco), Zahra Mani (ECSA) and Jannick Kirk Sørensen (Aalborg University) discuss how we can enhance the prominence and visibility of European works.
Esther Gottschalk (Nieuw Geneco), Zahra Mani (ECSA) and Jannick Kirk Sørensen (Aalborg University) discuss how we can enhance the prominence and visibility of European works.
❗ As support for independent film and audiovisual storytelling is under growing threat, we must ensure that culture, creativity, and democratic access to diverse stories can continue to flourish.
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4361yy4
✍🏻 Sign: chng.it/kMkRxCzhQx
#GlobalStatementOnCulturalSovereignty
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4361yy4
✍🏻 Sign: chng.it/kMkRxCzhQx
#GlobalStatementOnCulturalSovereignty
May 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
❗ As support for independent film and audiovisual storytelling is under growing threat, we must ensure that culture, creativity, and democratic access to diverse stories can continue to flourish.
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4361yy4
✍🏻 Sign: chng.it/kMkRxCzhQx
#GlobalStatementOnCulturalSovereignty
➡️ Full statement: bit.ly/4361yy4
✍🏻 Sign: chng.it/kMkRxCzhQx
#GlobalStatementOnCulturalSovereignty