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
Jessi Alexander signs global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music Nashville and Perfect Game Creative
Deezer estimates AI-generated songs represent 75,000 of daily uploads and between 1-3% of total streams
PopArabia acquires Cairo-based digital distribution company Viral Wave
Jessi Alexander signs global publishing agreement with Warner Chappell Music Nashville and Perfect Game Creative
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’