By Emmanuel Legrand The content licensing sector in Canada has been assessing the implications of a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that delivered a mixed message....
By Emmanuel Legrand The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the yearly 2020 Special 301 Report, which identifies major impediments and improvements...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the yearly 2020 Special 301 Report, which identifies major impediments and improvements...
By Emmanuel Legrand The World Intellectual Property's Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances has officially entered into force on April 28, 2020, three months after Indonesia joined...
By Emmanuel Legrand Independent labels licensing agency Merlin has promoted Charlie Lexton to the expanded role of Chief Operating Officer, overseeing Merlin's deal-making efforts but also...
By Emmanuel Legrand The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), the new entity charged with licensing and administering mechanical rights in the USA, haspicked Nashville for its headquarters....
By Emmanuel Legrand The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), one of the USA's two largest performance rights organisation, reported record-high revenue for the...
The UK's neighbouring rights society PPL has brought forward part of its June distribution to its label and performer members. On 30 April 2020, PPL made...
By Emmanuel Legrand (Source: RIAA) In 2019, the Latin recorded music market in the US grew at a faster rate than the overall US music market....
By Emmanuel Legrand Spotify seems to be weathering the coronavirus crisis as the music streaming service reported Q1 revenues of EUR1.848 billion ($2bn) and an operating...
