Creative Industries
Main stories — Week 33, 2022
These are the top stories published this week by Creative Industries News.
LEAD STORIES
> NMPA, NSAI and DiMA hail ‘historic’ agreement setting mechanical rates for 2033-2027 at 15.35% of revenue
> NAB claims 222 members of the House now support the Local Radio Freedom Act opposing any new performance fee
> Artist Rights Alliance, Copyright Alliance, and CreativeFuture urge Congress to pass the SMART Copyright Act
> Sony Music Entertainment sues Triller for ‘massive’ copyright infringement
> House music pioneers Larry Heard and Robert Owens win back their recording and publishing copyrights from Trax Records
> JASRAC to launch in October 2022 KENDRIX, a new blockchain-based data management system for musical works
> RTL Group, BMG and Arvato contributed to Bertelsmann’s good H1 2022 performances
> Triller completes ‘substantial’ pre-public financing prior to SEC filing
> Deezer’s revenue up 12.1% in H1 2022 despite a slight decrease in subscribers
BRIEF NEWS
– Taylor Swift sued by US author and poet Teresa La Dart for copyright infringement
– Paramount files motion to dismiss in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ copyright infringement case
– Downtown’s found.ee adds pre-save function for Amazon Music
– The Mechanical Licensing Collective has launched a new Student Ambassador programme
– NetEase Cloud Music has signed a licensing agreement with Beijing Longtao Entertainment Culture
– Tracklib now offers more songs for sampling without increasing prices
– Licensing platform Soundstripe secures $9m in Series B funding round
– Audiomack launches Premiere Access allowing artists to pre-release (and monetise) new music to their superfans
DEALS
– Francisco Partners in talks to acquire Kobalt Music Group — report
– Sony Group acquires mobile games company Savage Game Studios
– Guesstimate, Magic Records and sanah set up new publishing company in Poland
– Daphne Willis signs global publishing deal with Position Music
– Caroline van der Leeuw signs a global services deal with Cooking Vinyl
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IN THE NEWS
– Leadership changes at Exactuals with President/COO Bryan Walley promoted to CEO and Mike Hurst becoming Chairman
– Mary Ellen Coe to replace Robert Kyncl as YouTube’s Chief Business Officer
– Hipgnosis Song Management taps Ben Katovsky as President and COO
– Audiomack promotes Jason Johnson to SVP of Marketing & Brand Strategy
– Raoul Chatterjee is leaving SoundCloud
INTERVIEWS
In case you missed it, Creative Industries News published recent Q&As with:
– Bruno Guez (Revelator)
– Andrea C Martin (PRS for Music)
– Cécile Rap-Veber (SACEM)
– Molly Neuman (Songtrust)
– Jordi Puy (Unison)
– Olivier Chastan (Iconoclast)
– Ken Umezaki (Verifi)
– Paul Pacifico (AIM)
– Spek (PopArabia)
– Merk Mercuriadis (Hipgnosis) (Part 1)
– Merk Mercuriadis (Hipgnosis) (Part 2)
OPINION
In case you missed it, Creative Industries News published recent opinion pieces from:
– Susan Cotchin (Good Neighbour Rights): ‘Australia’s decision to limit the application of Art. 15 of WIPO’s WPPT has impacted Australian artists in a big way’
– Helen Smith (IMPALA): ‘We don’t believe equitable remuneration is equitable at all’
– Jonathan Reichman and Jeremy King (Hunton Andrews Kurth): ‘Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith is an opportunity for US Supreme Court to clarify fair use’
– Kevin Casini: ‘Stakeholders need to take a long-term view with the Copyright Royalty Board’s rate-setting proceedings’
– Barry Scannell (IMRO): ‘Royalty-based NFTs have limited fungibility’
Richard and Ace Burgess launch AudioNumber and Interline Media Group
Reps. Madeleine Dean and Nathaniel Moran introduce the TRAIN Act to protect creators from unauthorised AI training
Kevin Weaver promoted to President of Atlantic Music Group
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
Cécile 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’
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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 Organisations3 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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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’
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Interview4 years agoOlivier Chastan (Iconoclast): ‘Name, image and likeness will be as important as music rights in the future’