Chola Makgamathe is the chairperson of the Copyright Coalition of South Africa and the General Manager of Legal Services at South African rights society SAMRO. In...
Following the publication of the article titled 'Time has come for an overhaul of France’s neighbouring rights sector', Creative Industries News has received from French neighbouring...
The World Intellectual Property Organisation‘s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) met up for its 42nd session in Geneva May 9-13. The SCCR’s purpose...
The US Supreme Court has decided to hear the fair use case brought by the Andy Warhol Foundation against photographer Lynn Goldsmith. Warhol used a picture...
IFPI, the London-based global recorded music trade organisation, unveiled this week the market figures for 2021, and the report card was the best in years, with...
The UK-based Syncphonix, part of One Media iP Group, has announced the launch of its new music synchronisation service, which will operate on an annual subscription...
Warner Music Group (WMG) has entered into an agreement to acquire Dubai-based Qanawat Music, a music distributor serving the Middle East and North Africa, in a...
NFTs have been the subject of both a financial boom and skepticism about their legal standing, in particular with regards to copyright law. In this op-ed...
British neighbouring rights society PPL announced this week that they had collected a record £94 million in international royalties in 2021. This result positions PPL as...
