A Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe's Music Ecosystem

This document (version 0.3) is an early-stage Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe’s Music Ecosystem. It proposes practical steps towards a decentralised and open European Music Observatory.

Prepared in line with Horizon Europe’s transparency rules and the Open Policy Analysis (OPA) framework, it is released early to invite stakeholder feedback, ensure an auditable drafting process, and provide a foundation for policy consultation.

The Green Paper addresses three key layers of reform: fixing music data at the source, building a federated Open Music Observatory, and aligning AI with governance and value creation in the music sector.

It will serve as the basis for Deliverable D5.7 (Policy Brief) of the Open Music Europe consortium and a subsequent White Paper to be discussed at LineCheck 2025 and at the final policy forum in Brussels (December 2025).

Always cite the latest versioned DOI available on Zenodo. Supporting figures, datasets, and documentation are accessible via our GitHub repository.