Releases: dataobservatory-eu/open-music-data-white-paper
0.9.1
Added reference to the Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies. The 0.9.0 release is available on Zenodo:
Antal, D. (2025). A Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe's Music Ecosystem. Open Music Observatory. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17767905
0.8.4
- The description of the observatory is more precisely defined in line with Open Music Observatory.
- Consultations are updated in the introdcution.
Internally reviewed version for consultation
This document (version 0.8) is an early-stage Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe’s Music Ecosystem: Practical Steps Towards a Decentralised and Open European Music Observatory.
It is released for consultation and should not be considered a final work. It has been internally reviewed. Any comments are welcome for improvements in problem statements, omissions, recommendations.
Prepared in line with Horizon Europe’s transparency rules and the Open Policy Analysis (OPA) framework, it is released early to enable consultation, incorporate stakeholder input, and ensure an auditable drafting process. All related deliverables, figures, datasets, and bibliographies are openly available via GitHub and Zenodo to support transparency and reuse.
The Green Paper addresses three key reform layers:
Fixing music data at the source (reducing redundancy, improving interoperability, reconciling attribution and privacy).
Building a federated Open Music Observatory (as a European data-sharing space aligned with EIF, FAIR, EOSC, and ECCCH).
Aligning AI with governance and value creation (supporting curative AI, shared utilities, and trustworthy frameworks that help small actors as well as large platforms).
It serves as the basis for Deliverable D5.7 (Policy Brief) of the Open Music Europe consortium and will inform a subsequent White Paper to be discussed at LineCheck 2025 and the final policy forum in Brussels (December 2025).
Transparency note: Always cite the latest versioned DOI available on Zenodo. Supporting documents and figures are accessible via our GitHub repository.
Funding acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No. 101095295. The views expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission or its agencies.
0.7.0
This document (version 0.7) is an early-stage Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe’s Music Ecosystem: Practical Steps Towards a Decentralised and Open European Music Observatory.
It is released for consultation only and should not be cited or used in its current form. It has been internally revieweed, but not approved by the OpenMusE consortium or any stakeholders. Any comments are welcome for improvements in problem statements, omissions, recommendations.
Prepared in line with Horizon Europe’s transparency rules and the Open Policy Analysis (OPA) framework, it is released early to enable consultation, incorporate stakeholder input, and ensure an auditable drafting process. All related deliverables, figures, datasets, and bibliographies are openly available via GitHub and Zenodo to support transparency and reuse.
The Green Paper addresses three key reform layers:
Fixing music data at the source (reducing redundancy, improving interoperability, reconciling attribution and privacy).
Building a federated Open Music Observatory (as a European data-sharing space aligned with EIF, FAIR, EOSC, and ECCCH).
Aligning AI with governance and value creation (supporting curative AI, shared utilities, and trustworthy frameworks that help small actors as well as large platforms).
It serves as the basis for Deliverable D5.7 (Policy Brief) of the Open Music Europe consortium and will inform a subsequent White Paper to be discussed at LineCheck 2025 and the final policy forum in Brussels (December 2025).
Transparency note: Always cite the latest versioned DOI available on Zenodo. Supporting documents and figures are accessible via our GitHub repository.
Funding acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No. 101095295. The views expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission or its agencies.
0.6.0 version
This document (version 0.6) is an early-stage Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe’s Music Ecosystem: Practical Steps Towards a Decentralised and Open European Music Observatory.
It is released for consultation only and should not be cited or used in its current form. It has been partly revieweed, but not approved by the OpenMusE consortium or any stakeholders. Any comments are welcome for improvements in problem statements, omissions, recommendations.
Prepared in line with Horizon Europe’s transparency rules and the Open Policy Analysis (OPA) framework, it is released early to enable consultation, incorporate stakeholder input, and ensure an auditable drafting process. All related deliverables, figures, datasets, and bibliographies are openly available via GitHub and Zenodo to support transparency and reuse.
The Green Paper addresses three key reform layers:
-
Fixing music data at the source (reducing redundancy, improving interoperability, reconciling attribution and privacy).
-
Building a federated Open Music Observatory (as a European data-sharing space aligned with EIF, FAIR, EOSC, and ECCCH).
-
Aligning AI with governance and value creation (supporting curative AI, shared utilities, and trustworthy frameworks that help small actors as well as large platforms).
It serves as the basis for Deliverable D5.7 (Policy Brief) of the Open Music Europe consortium and will inform a subsequent White Paper to be discussed at LineCheck 2025 and the final policy forum in Brussels (December 2025).
Transparency note: Always cite the latest versioned DOI available on Zenodo. Supporting documents and figures are accessible via our GitHub repository.
Funding acknowledgement: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme under Grant Agreement No. 101095295. The views expressed are those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Commission or its agencies.
0.3
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.
This version: Antal, D. (2025). A Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe's Music Ecosystem (0.3). Open Music Observatory. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17148676)
0.1.0
This document is the v0.1 early-release version of the Green Paper on AI, Data Governance, and Metadata Policies for Europe’s Music Ecosystem. It has been published ahead of schedule in line with the transparency requirements of Horizon Europe and the principles of Open Policy Analysis (OPA). The purpose of this release is to make the drafting process auditable, invite feedback from stakeholders, and enable meaningful consultation.
Please note: this version is open for comments and should not be cited in academic or policy work. Instead, it may be bookmarked or shared for awareness. A citable version with a stable DOI will be released after further development and consultation, forming the basis for Deliverable D5.7 (Policy Brief) of the Open Music Europe consortium and a subsequent White Paper (2025).
For subsequent releases check https://zenodo.org/records/17075796