SCAPR, the organisation representing societies collecting neighbouring rights on behalf of performers, has signed an agreement with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) that allows non-SCAPR...
Revenue collected by the members of SCAPR for the use of sound recordings on behalf of performers and musicians has increased by 3% in 2021 and...
Universal Music Group (UMG) has become the first organisation to sign up to the International Performer Number (IPN)'s User Agreement scheme for non-members set up by...
The General Assembly of neighbouring rights societies’ trade organisation SCAPR has decided to extend the suspension of Russian member society VOIS until the next GA next...
Two of the largest neighbouring rights societies — the UK's PPL and the USA's SoundExchange — are suspending relationships with their Russian counterpart VOIS. Earlier this week,...
Amid an overall decline in collections in 2020, collective management organisations (CMOs) for performers were able to increase their distributions while looking for all ways possible...
Neighbouring rights's collection societies for performers have suffered a general decrease of 8,3% in collections compared to the previous year, down to €779 million, according to...
By Emmanuel LegrandSCAPR, the Brussels-based organisation representing collective management organisations collecting and distributing performance rights on sound recordings for performers, has announced that its members have...
