Creative Industries
Main stories — Week 41, 2022
Here’s a list of the main stories published this week by Creative Industries News:
COPYRIGHT & REGULATION
> Mathieu Lacombe appointed as Minister of Culture and Communications of Quebec
> Facebook threatens to block the circulation of news content in Canada if the Online News Act is voted by Parliament
> South Korea legislators plan to make global content providers contribute to the financing of telecom networks
LITIGATION
> Japan Supreme Court delivers a blow to rights society JASRAC in the case of performance rights paid by music schools
> UK Court sentences hacker to 18 months imprisonment for copyright offences
> London Hight Court gives Lara Prescott a win in copyright infringement case
CMOs & LICENSING
> Neighbouring rights collected on behalf of performers by SCAPR members up 3% in 2021 to €800m, 6% below 2019 levels
> Composer Julian Nott appointed as Chair of PRS for Music’s Members’ Council
> Merlin signs licensing deal with China’s short-format platform Kuaishou
> The MLC has collected $1 billion and distributed more than $800 million to date
> SoundExchange has distributed $238.9m in Q3 2022 to performers and rights holders
> South Africa’s SAMRO calls for compliance of copyright laws by public transport sector
DATA
> Universal Music Group signs up to SCAPR’s International Performer Number scheme
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
> A2IM elects Concord’s Victor Zaraya as the new Chair of its Executive Committee
> ANote Music plans listing German record label Ever Ever Music’s catalogue
> Vivendi has confirmed plans to spin off its books publishing branch Editis
DIGITAL ECONOMY
> Apple hikes subscription prices for Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One
> Spotify had 456m users in the world at the end of Q3 2022, with 195m paid subscribers
> Talenthouse to invest up to $7 million in US digital SME banking provider Nerve
DEALS
– Reservoir Media signs a new global publishing agreement with KayGee
– Kobalt and Tyler Brown’s new publishing company Funfair Publishing sign James Essien to a global publishing agreement
– Rêve Music has signed a global distribution deal with The Orchard
– Bucks Music Group signs dance act Watch The Ride to a global publishing deal
– Sony Music Entertainment Middle East seals partnership with Kuwait-based Ghmza
– Warner Music Poland has announced a partnership with Groupa STEP
– Sony Music Publishing signs Baby Queen to to a worldwide publishing agreement
IN THE NEWS
– Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson honored as 2023 MusiCares Persons of the Year
– Robert Louis Gordy Sr. , brother of Motown founder Berry Gordy, dies aged 91
– Exceleration Music has appointed former former Amazon Music‘s executive David Gorman as its Creative Director
– Create Music Group has appointed Brian Glover to the newly created position of Senior Director of Streaming
– SXSW names co-founder Roland Swenson Executive Chairman with Jann Baskett and Hugh Forrest elevated to co-Presidents
– Jean-François Renaud elected President of Québec’s music industry body ADISQ
– Mike Edwards becomes a member of Audible Magic’s advisory board
– Ahmed Nureni named General Manager of Warner Music Middle East
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:
– Chola Makgamathe (SAMRO): South Africa needs a comprehensive, multifaceted strategy to curb the economic impact of piracy
– 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’
US recorded music revenue reached $11.53bn in 2025, up 3.1% over 2024
US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch urge ByteDance to ‘shut down’ AI video tool Seedance 2.0 — Report
Bruno Mars signs global music publishing admin deal with Avex 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
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’