Creative Industries
Main stories — Week 2, 2023
Here’s a list of the main stories published in the past week:
LEAD STORY
>Sweden starts the Presidency of the European Union with a broad agenda
COPYRIGHT & REGULATION
> Over 350 artists support US Copyright Office’s rulemaking on termination rights
> Belarus Paliament votes bill authorising digital piracy of creative goods
LITIGATION
> UMG sues Triller over failed payments
> Black Sheep file $750 million class action suit against Universal over unpaid royalties
CMOs & LICENSING
> Rotana signs licensing deal with TikTok
> WIPO organises a Jan. 18 a seminar on copyright infrastructure with GESAC
DATA
> Rights processing platform Curve Royalty Systems acquired by Downtown Music
> Revelator picks Stripe to provide NFT payment infrastructure
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
> ERA reports UK home entertainment market grew by 6.9% to £11.1bn in 2022
> Damien Jurado withdraws catalogue from Spotify citing ‘unfair treatment of artists’
> Italian government shuts down ItsArt, dubbed the ‘Netflix of Italian culture’
> One Media iP reports year-on-year revenue up 16% to £5.1 million in 2022
> IMPALA renews its data and insights project One Step Ahead for another year with CMU
> India’s government merged on January 1 four film organisations into the National Films Development Corporation
> Sony Music artists have withdrawn nearly $50 million via the company’s Cash Out and Real Time Advances features
DIGITAL ECONOMY
> Global SVoD subscriptions will reach 1.76bn by 2028, up from 1.33bn in 2022
DEALS
– Sony Music Entertainment and Todd Moscowitz launch new artist and label services company Santa Anna
– Round Hill Music acquires various rights from U2 producer Steve Lillywhite
– Bucks Music Group signs Molly Payton to a publishing deal for UK, Eire and Europe
IN THE NEWS
– Cindy Mabe succeeds Mike Dungan as Chair and CEO of Universal Music Group Nashville
– Apple TV+ taps Disney+’s Ricky Strauss to boost the streaming service’s visibility
– Rana Kaplan named General Manager at lifestyle and media platform FaZe Clan
– The Orchard promotes Mary Ashley Johnson to EVP, Sales and Artist & Label Management, US and Canada
– Canada’s ACTRA names Natalie Clancy and Linda Noelle Bush to executive positions
– The BPI promotes Sophie Jones to Chief Strategy Officer and interim Chief Executive
– Jitze de Raaff named President of Dutch music company CTM Entertainment
INTERVIEW
> David Israelite (NMPA): ‘The rate setting system is broken and needs to be reformed’
INTERVIEWS
In case you missed it, Creative Industries News published recent Q&As with:
– Robert Singerman (LyricFind/BELEM project)
– 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:
– David Lowery: ‘Why windowing releases works for me’
– 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’
Copyright & Regulation
US Department of Justice approves the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance
The UK Musicians’ Union supports the American Federation of Musicians’ legal action against record labels over AI deals
US Department of Justice approves the proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Paramount Skydance
Moldova’s State Agency for Intellectual Property suspends AUTORITY’s activities as a collective management organisation
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’