Creative Industries
Main Stories — Week 13, 2022
Lead stories
> EU Court of Justice rules cloud service providers can be subject to remuneration for private copying
> Copyright Royalty Board rejects settlement between publishers and labels freezing physical and download mechanical rates
> Vietnam has joined the WIPO‘s Performances and Phonograms Treaty
> Dutch court orders the blocking of six copyright infringing torrent sites
> US comedians consolidate infringement lawsuits against streaming service Pandora into one claim
> Canada’s mechanical rights agency CMRRA hikes admin rates ‘to better reflect the volume of work and data processing’
> Elliott Investment and Brookfield Business to acquire Nielsen for $16bn
> Bertelsmann reported record revenues for 2021 at €18.7 billion, up 8.1% over 2020
> Universal Music Group to drop unrecouped advances for ‘certain’ legacy featured recording artists and songwriters
> Sampling platform Tracklib launches new BEATS feature
Guest column
> Will Page: Global value of music copyright is bigger now than it’s ever been
Brief news
– Luxembourg’s Chamber of Deputies has adopted the EU’s Copyright Directive
– Brian Wilson has filed a countersuit against his ex-wife Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford
– At least a dozen WeChat public accounts marketing digital collectibles such as NFTs have been frozen or shut down
– PPL has distributed £26.3 million in international royalties during Q1 2022
– The United Arab Emirates has launched the Emirates Reprographic Rights Management Association
– Spanish government is introducing a cultural pass (Bono Cultural)
– CISAC has rolled out ‘Songs for Ukraine’
– IMPALA is launching, in partnership with YouTube, a new programme titled ‘100 Artists to Watch’
– Disney+ will launch in 42 countries and 11 new territories in May-June 2022
Deals
– Swedish House Mafia sell master recordings and publishing back catalogue to Björn Ulvaeus’ Pophouse Entertainment
– Universal Music Group and its division Virgin Music Artist & Label Services are acquiring Quality Goods Records
– Partisan Records launched new music publishing division Left Music
– Universal Music Publishing Group has inked a strategic alliance with audio content production studio Audio Up
– ORFIUM has acquired Tokyo-based Breaker
In the News
– Govinda Fichtner joins licensing hub ICE as CTO
– Former BMG US President Zach Katz has set up a new company, Carte Blanche
– Serita Wesley has been named Head of Entertainment Podcasts at Sony Music Entertainment
– Victoria Chylek has been appointed Managing Lawyer and Director at Authors Legal
– SoundExchange has promoted Anjula Singh to the joint position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO)
– Kobalt has promoted Nuno Guerreiro to Chief Technology Officer
– Made in Memphis Entertainment (MIME) has promoted Tim Burnett to Vice President of Heavy Hitters Music and MIME Music Publishing
– 10K Projects has promoted Marlee Ehrlich to Executive Vice President of artist marketing
– Chris Willman has been promoted to Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic for Variety
– Silvia Montello has been named Chief Executive Officer of AFEM: Association For Electronic Music
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Creative Industries
Believe Music Publishing inks long-term global publishing deal with Janet Jackson
Pophouse acquires from BMG a majority share in Tina Turner’s catalogue
Believe Music Publishing inks long-term global publishing deal with Janet Jackson
Mexican rock band Ladrones sign global recording deal with Rise Records/BMG
The MLC plans webinars to show members how to use tools to manage song data
Six takeaways from The MLC’s first annual report for 2021: distributions, membership, matching rates, processed works, historical unmatched works and expenditures
Olivier Chastan (Iconoclast): ‘Name, image and likeness will be as important as music rights in the future’
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Collective Management Organisations3 years agoThe MLC plans webinars to show members how to use tools to manage song data
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Collective Management Organisations4 years agoSix takeaways from The MLC’s first annual report for 2021: distributions, membership, matching rates, processed works, historical unmatched works and expenditures
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Interview4 years agoOlivier Chastan (Iconoclast): ‘Name, image and likeness will be as important as music rights in the future’
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Collective Management Organisations4 years agoCécile Rap-Veber (SACEM): ‘We are a solutions provider to create value, a tech company, and we are less and less seen as some sort of cultural institution’