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Main stories — Week 2, 2023

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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 Sony Music artists have withdrawn nearly $50 million via the company’s Cash Out and Real Time Advances features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’

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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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US book publishing community unites to challenge in court Arkansas Act 372

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A recent law passed by the legislature in Arkansas and signed into law by the Governor of the State that would restrict the access to books has been challenged by a broad coalition of authors, publishers, booksellers, librarians, and readers.

In a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas against the State of Arkansas, they argue that the passing into law of Arkansas Act 372 would restrict "access to books in bookstores and libraries located within the state, and ...

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Polygram Entertainment promotes Daniel Inkeles to Senior Vice President, Film and Television Development and Production

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Universal Music Group's film and television division Polygram Entertainment has promoted Daniel Inkeles to Senior Vice President, Film and Television Development and Production.

Based in Los Angeles and reports to David Blackman, EVP, Head of Film and Television Development and Production, UMG.

Most recently, Inkeles was Vice President, Scripted Film and Television, UMG where he served as an executive producer of the series 'Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist' (NBC) as well as an executive pr...

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Interstellar Music Services signs Kula Shaker, Cole Rolland, Lack of Afro, Michael McArthur, Mirla and Xavier Weeks

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Interstellar Music Services has signed a number of artists — including British rock band Kula Shaker, as well as Cole Rolland, Lack of Afro, Michael McArthur, Mirla and Xavier Weeks — for which the boutique artist services and rights management company will provide services to maximise the collection of royalties.

Interstellar rights management services include digital distribution, sync and brand partnerships, metadata cleaning, neighbouring rights, publishing administration, DSP re-pi...

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