Creative Industries
Main stories — Week 42, 2022
Here’s a list of the main stories published this week by Creative Industries News:
COPYRIGHT & REGULATION
> Senators Thom Tillis and Chris Coons ask USPTO and the Copyright Office to jointly set up a national AI commission
> US Copyright Office issues notice of proposed rulemaking related to termination rights and the Music Modernisation Act
> Creators urge Congress to pass the American Music Fairness Act
> ACE shuts down a Latin American video piracy ring and seizes 48 domain names
> Malaysia seizes over 600 illegal streaming devices containing unlicensed content
LITIGATION
> US court blocks the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster; Bertelsmann plans to appeal
> Andy Stone drops lawsuit against Mariah Carey over ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’
CMOs & LICENSING
> Tracklib celebrates new milestones with 400th rights holders agreement and over 100,000 songs available for sampling
DATA
> Jaxsta to match ISWCs with recordings
> Bridger launches new registration tool for collaborative musical works
> Ingrooves Music Group’s new AI patented technology facilitates the detection of activity on short-form video platforms
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
> Universal Music Group could end the year with revenues in excess of €10 billion
> Paramount Global revenue up 5% to $6.92bn in Q3; Paramount+ counts 46 million subscribers globally
> Concord opens headquarters in Nashville and unveils new visual identity
> Wise Music Group opens a company in Iceland led by Inga Weisshappel
> The Worldwide Independent Network launches two initiatives to improve the representation of indie music companies
DIGITAL ECONOMY
> Apple’s services division now accounts for 20% of the company’s total revenues
> Amazon expands Prime’s offer to 100 million songs and ad-free podcasts
> Deezer forecasts revenue up 14% to €455m by the end of 2022
> Meta spooks the markets with heavier than anticipated investments in the metaverse
> Metaverse start-up Tetavi re-brands as Yoom and secures a $15m financing round
DEALS
– Universal Music Publishing Group inks global publishing agreement to represent the catalogue of songs by Irving Berlin
– Marathon Music partners with Radio Nova to curate archive sessions from the station
– Primary Wave Music closes publishing deal with Huey Lewis and The News
– BMG renews global publishing agreement with Dutch DJ and producer Afrojack
– Warner Music Chappell France sign a global co-publishing deal with composers and producers Some 1ne and Machynist
– Sony Music Entertainment sets up a joint venture with ONEWAY. Records to develop Israeli talent
– Songwriter and producer Luis Cruz signs publishing agreement with BMG
IN THE NEWS
– Merlin appoints CAA executive Adam Wright as its new Chief Financial Officer
– Camila Santamaria Balen joins law firm Holland & Knight in Colombia
– Bucks Music Group has appointed Howard Price as its new Head of Media
– AIM CEO Paul Pacifico to become the new CEO of the Saudi Music Commission
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’
Record labels and Spotify slap Anna’s Archive with copyright infringement lawsuit for scrapping 86 million music files
European Commission agrees on the proposed Digital Networks Act (DNA)
Merlin inks partnership with Pipeline
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’