UAE-based music rights management organisation Music Nation Copyrights Management is partnering with US for-profit music rights society BMI to establish "a world-class music licensing and royalty distribution infrastructure based in the UAE."

The two partners said the new endeavor will "protect the rights of music creators and compensate them for the public performances of their work, while also helping to develop and nurture the next generation of songwriters and composers within the region...

Brussels-based multi-repertoire rights society SABAM has distributed €115.1 million in 2022 to authors, composers and publishers, up +6% compares to the previous year. During the year, revenues grew 23% to €163.1m, thanks to strong gains in online rights and streaming, while the live sector still lags behind pre-Covid levels.

In 2022, creators received a remuneration similar to that of 2019. "In 2022, we took an important step to get our members' revenues back on track. Although the live sec...

Members of SCAPR, the organisations representing neighbouring rights societies for performers, have collected in 2022 an estimated €875 million, up 9.3% compared to 2021’s collections, according to figures disclosed by SCAPR's Laura Canjura, during the 48th General Assembly or the organisation held in London May 16-18.

In 2022, SCAPR members have exchanged a total of €178m, helped by the 764 agreements in place between members. A full stack of figures will be published later this year. "We ...