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SUISA Digital slaps Snapchat with a copyright infringement lawsuit in Hamburg

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SUISA Digital — a Liechtenstein-based subsidiary of Swiss rights society SUISA — is suing short format platform Snapchat for copyright infringement.

SUISA said Snapchat "refuses" to pay authors and publishers for music represented by the music licensing organisation and used in videos on the Snapchat platform. As a result, SUISA Digital filed a lawsuit against Snapchat parent company Snap Inc. for copyright infringement in the Hamburg District Court.

Through its lawsuit, SUISA Digital "...

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Emmanuel is a Washington, DC-based freelance journalist, blogger and media consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and cultural trends. He was the US editor for British music industry trade publication Music Week. Previously, he was the editor of Impact, a magazine for the music publishing community (2007-2009), the global editor of US trade publication Billboard (2003-2006), and the editor in chief of Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media (1997-2003).

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Your Music Your Future Int’l campaign against buyouts gets German adaptation

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June 29, 2022

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The global education campaign against buyouts, Your Music Your Future International (YMYFI), has launched in German, with information helping composers better understand their options when faced with buyout offers by users of their works.

The new German site has gone live in June 2022, and is the product of a collaboration between German music rights society GEMA and CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers. It provides in-depth information about buyouts —...

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SoundExchange files a lawsuit against Slacker for failing to pay statutory royalties

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June 29, 2022

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US music rights society SoundExchange has filed suit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against digital media company Slacker, Inc. and its parent company LiveOne, Inc. "to recover unpaid royalties owed to performers and rights owners."

SoundExchange said Slacker operates under the statutory license for the use of sound recordings on digital radio but the service stopped paying statutory royalties in 2017.

"SoundExchange has been in negotiations wi...

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SACEM and M6 Group sign new agreement

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June 27, 2022

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French rights society SACEM and broadcaster M6 Group have signed a new agreement relating to the use of works from SACEM's repertoire on all M6 Group channels and services. This five-year agreement will be coming into force retroactively from January 1, 2022.

M6 Group includes TV channels such as M6, Gulli, W9, 6ter, M6 Music, MCM, among others, as well as radio stations RTL, RTL2 and Fun Radio, and a wide range of digital services.

M6 ​​Group and SACEM "together wanted to redefine and m...

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