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New Gold Dream: Simple Minds sell to BMG their publishing and neighbouring rights

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BMG has acquired a set of music rights from Scottish rock band Simple Minds. The agreement — signed with the band’s core members Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill — includes the publishing rights to more than 240 songs, plus the band’s neighboring rights and royalties from their entire recorded catalogue.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. BMG has previously served as the administrator of the band’s publishing catalogue and released their 2018 album 'Walk Between Worlds'. Kerr said, “W...

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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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peermusic acquires Corey Hart’s music publishing catalogue of over 200 songs

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peermusic has acquired the music publishing catalogue of Canadian artist and songwriter Corey Hart. The new acquisition deal encompasses the publishing copyrights for Hart’s entire music catalogue consisting of over 200 songs. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

In addition, peermusic will also now represent Corey Hart for the global collection of his neighbouring rights via its peermusic neighbouring rights division. peermusic had previously established an administration deal with Hart in...

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AEPO-ARTIS takes the fight for fair remuneration for performers to WIPO

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March 23, 2023

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European performers' organisation AEPO-ARTIS participated in the 43rd Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), held in Geneva on March 13- 17.

Creative Industries News publishes here the report from the AEPO-ARTIS delegation. The opinions expressed in this article are those from AEPO-ARTIS.

WIPO keeps the unfair remuneration of performers in the digital environment on its agenda. Last week, from March 13th to 17...

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IDOL’s Labelcamp signs deal to manage Republic of Music’s digital supply chain

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March 23, 2023

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Independent sales, marketing and distribution company Republic of Music has signed a digital supply agreement with distribution management platform Labelcamp.

The partnership will see Labelcamp managing Republic of Music and its label partners' digital supply chain. They will also benefit from advanced analytics dashboards through Labelcamp’s white label platform.

The two companies said the partnership "will help Republic of Music further empower its growing family of labels with state-o...

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