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Lobby organisation

Teosto

NGO / non-profit · Media & publishing · HQ: Finland · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Teosto appears in 11 declared MEP meetings (7 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

11
declared meetings
with current MEPs
7
MEPs met
€50,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.9
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Teosto manages the copyrights of music authors and promotes Finnish creative music. We make sure that our rightsholder members – i.e. composers, lyricists and music publishers – receive royalties when their music is used. We represent nearly 40,000 Finnish and around three million foreign composers, lyricists, arrangers and music publishers. Teosto has around 30,000 customers who use music: radio and…”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 11 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats436%
European People's Party327%
European Conservatives & Reformists218%
Renew Europe218%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2025. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (7 in 2024).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
0
2023
0
2024
7
2025
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Eero Heinäluoma
2 meetings · S&D
Maria Guzenina
2 meetings · S&D
Sebastian Tynkkynen
2 meetings · ECR
Aura Salla
2 meetings · EPP
Elsi Katainen
1 meeting · Renew

The 11 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
10 Nov 2025Sebastian TynkkynenTekoälytilaisuus
30 Jan 2025Eero HeinäluomaTekijänoikeudet
29 Jan 2025Aura SallaRole of AI in the music sector, role of platform companies (e.g. Spotify) in the value chain, the declining level of compensation and remuneration for creative workers and the fragile state of the sector + Creative sectors´ key messages
12 Nov 2024Sebastian TynkkynenMusiikin luovan alkutuotannon tekijänoikeudet
12 Nov 2024Eero HeinäluomaAjankohtaisaiheet
12 Nov 2024Maria GuzeninaFuture of art and culture
12 Nov 2024Maria GuzeninaMusic industry
11 Nov 2024Aura SallaIntroductory meeting; AI, copyrights
11 Nov 2024Anna-Maja HenrikssonCurrent situation of the creative industries
26 Sep 2024Elsi KatainenTuleva kausi, luovat alat, kulttuuri
21 Feb 2020Sirpa PietikäinenCopyright and immaterial rights

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