more Australian content on our stages, screens, speakers, walls, and shelves!
Right now, Australia’s arts sector is facing grave and existential challenges.
Whether it’s AI hoovering up creative IP without permission; Australian music being buried under streaming algorithms, squeezed off our charts, and our stages; Australian film and television sitting at a paltry 3% on streaming platforms; or Australian publishers going to the wall, without government reform and funding our creative sector and cultural sovereignty is imperiled.
The mission of Save Our Arts is to have more Australian content on our stages, screens, speakers, walls, and shelves. To do that we’re running a national campaign involving media outreach, stakeholder outreach, and political outreach.
But we need your help! Our policy development team has produced a very strong slate of asks that have been trailed successfully at home and abroad. What we need is to make those ideas a reality by building a presence online and in key seats.
If you like what we’re fighting for, we encourage you to follow us on socials and to hit the get involved button.
our asks: reform, levies, & investment
Save Our Arts wants to see Australian govt protect and advance our arts and culture by introducing a series of smart regulatory reforms, programs, and pilots, which have been tested and trailed overseas. Those asks include:
local content quotas on streaming services (used in Canada, France, EU)
a levy on streaming companies (used in France)
an arena levy (used in UK & France)
200 Creative Fellowships a year for emerging and mid-career artists (based on US and Australian programs)
AI reform and protections (EU)
Youth Culture Vouchers (used in France & Italy)
Made by Humans
We know that 84 percent of streaming subscribers in Australia view online content as ordinary or worse.
We know Australian bands find it hard to get discovered on streaming platforms like Spotify, which controls 70% of the music streaming market.
We know AI companies use artists work without permission or payment to train AI systems to create generic art.
We want a future where Australian art and culture is made by humans, not one where we’re served up AI gruel.
Read more about our key campaign asks.
POLITICS | Australian music candidate forum in Wills
One of the seats Save Our Arts is running a ground campaign in before the election is Wills. Our candidate forum at Triple R radio station in Brunswick East was well attended and a great discussion ensued about arts policy.
Save Our Arts is in the process of creating arts policy scorecards which it will be sharing shortly. Listen to the audio recording here.
MEDIA | ABC Radio Melbourne
This week Save Our Arts Ambassadors Luke Sinclair and Dr Ben Eltham had a fantastic and illuminating chat with Raf Epstein about the way algorithms on streaming platforms make it near impossible for emerging artists to be discovered, with a particular focus on Spotify. Interview starts at 1 hour 19 minutes.
SUPPORTERS | new friends
The campaign continues to gain supporters. We welcome on board actresses Jane Harber & Rachel Gordon, drummer from Augie March & Liz Stringer Dave Williams, screenwriter and showrunner Mithila Gupta, and author Ruth Clare.
If you wish to add your support email david@firsttiermedia.com
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
saveourartsoz@gmail.com
Phone
+61 479 130 242