A LANDMARK DAY: MERLIN ANNOUNCES A BILLION DOLLARS PAID TO INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS
In a landmark day for independent music, Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, has announced its billionth dollar in distributions.
IMPALA WELCOMES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MOVE TO GET PLATFORMS TO PAY FAIR
This morning the European Parliament inched closer to new copyright legislation in Europe. Opinions were adopted by two of the committees reviewing the proposal, one responsible for culture and the other looking after industry matters.
SUPPORT IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FOR A EU MUSIC PROGRAMME
Representing 1,2 million jobs, the European music industry is growing at a fast pace and holds untapped potential that can be optimized through a tailor-made funding programme at EU level.
PRESS RELEASE – LANDMARK CANADIAN SUPREME COURT RULING: SEARCH ENGINES CAN BE COMPELLED TO REMOVE ILLEGAL SITES FROM RESULTS
Ottawa, Canada and London, UK, 28th June 2017 – In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has today issued a judgment confirming that Canadian courts have the power to compel search engines to take effective action to remove illegal sites from their search results both in Canada and worldwide.
MERLIN MEMBER SURVEY 2017: A GREAT LEAP FORWARD, WITH ONE STEP BACK
8th June, New York: – Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, has today unveiled results of their 2017 member survey at A2IM’s annual meeting.
IMPALA AT MIDEM 2017: YOUNG LABEL SPOTLIGHT AND BALKAN FOCUS
As part of its partnership with Midem, IMPALA hosted two panels in Cannes this year to showcase the diversity of independent music in Europe, one focussing on European young labels and the other on the Balkan emerging music scene.
CROSS-SECTORAL LETTER ON ONGOING TRILOGUE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE PROPOSED GEO-BLOCKING REGULATION
IMPALA and 20 other organisations representing companies and associations of right holders active across Europe have written a cross-sectoral letter to urge the Council and the Commission to fully exclude intangible digital content and audiovisual services from the scope of the Geo-blocking Regulation.
RECALIBRATING THE DIGITAL MARKET – IMPALA CALLS ON EUROPE TO ENSURE PLATFORMS PAY FAIR AND PLAY FAIR
The European Commission published today the mid-term review of one of its top priorities, the digital single market. The report evaluates the progress made at the midpoint and sets out some new policies.
SPOTIFY AND MERLIN AGREE TO NEW MULTI-YEAR GLOBAL LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE WORLD’S LEADING INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS
Spotify, the leading global music streaming service, and Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the independent label sector, today announced a new multi-year license agreement – ensuring the world’s leading independent record labels and their artists will remain at the core of Spotify’s offering to music fans.
NEW STUDY PROVIDES FIRST EVER GLOBAL OVERVIEW OF CHART REPORTING
The Worldwide Independent Network (WIN), the organisation that represents the interests of the global independent music community and of which IMPALA is a member, has unveiled a comprehensive new study, which provides the first ever global overview of chart reporting.