Matthias Hornschuh

Initiative Urheberrecht

Speaker

Matthias Hornschuh - Photo: Gezett / IU — Photo: Gezett / IU

Matthias Hornschuh is a composer, publicist and university lecturer. A musician and musicologist by training, he has been involved in the interface between culture, copyright and media policy for many years. He is the spokesperson for the Copyright Initiative, a member of the GEMA supervisory board and chairman of the professional association mediamusic e. V. In autumn 2025, he published his book "Wir geben uns auf. AI, culture and the devaluation of knowledge work" was published by Carl-Auer in autumn 2025.

Programm

Apr28.

Unsovereign! Europe's Approach to Art, Culture & Creativity

Europe is negotiating the far-reaching automation of thought, expression and the assumption of responsibility. This is unstoppable, they say. The gap between technological progress, social penetration and democratic control is widening. If we want to prevent it from becoming unmanageable, we need to shape developments. As has so often been the case, the way we deal with art, culture and creativity will be a seismograph for subsequent social disruption. Anyone who wants sovereignty must defend freedom – starting with the freedom of the mind, art and the press.

The impulse is part of "AI, copyright, business: Who owns creativity in the new AI age?".

In cooperation with the Initiative Urheberrecht.

16:00–16:15h

Matthias Hornschuh

Initiative Urheberrecht

Programm

Unsovereign! Europe's Approach to Art, Culture & Creativity

Format: Impulse

Stage: K2