EVERY VOICE COUNTS – IMPALA CALLS ON WHOLE MUSIC SECTOR TO SPEAK UP ON COPYRIGHT IN EUROPE
With four weeks to go until Europe closes a public consultation on the relationship between copyright and the digital age, independent music companies call on everyone involved with music to make their voice heard.
CREATIVITY WORKS! WELCOMES OHIM STUDY ON CITIZENS AND IP
Cultural and creative organisations, grouped under the ‘Creativity Works!’ banner, welcome the publication today of an EU study1 that shows that citizens view intellectual property and its social and economic contribution positively.
GLOBAL RIGHTS AGENCY, MERLIN, ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS OF ITS BIENNIAL BOARD ELECTION
Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, has announced the results of its biennial board election.
The vote attracted the highest ever number of candidates, with Merlin members determining the make-up of the 15-seat board.
MERLIN CEO CHARLES CALDAS: WHY WE HAVEN’T REACHED DIGITAL MUSIC’S GOLDEN ERA
Hypothetically, digital music fans should currently be living through a golden era. But short-sighted interests could be leading us into a dysfunctional new era of the music business instead.
EUROPEAN CREATIVE ORGANISATIONS LAUNCH CREATIVITY WORKS! COALITION IN BRUSSELS
Like-minded organisations, federations and associations from the European cultural and creative sectors have formed a coalition: Creativity Works!.
MERLIN HIRES ROGER GOLD AS US COMMERCIAL AND STRATEGIC ADVISOR
Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, has hired former Warner Music Group executive Roger Gold.
CREATIVE AND CULTURAL SECTORS WELCOME STUDY SHOWING VALUE OF IP-INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES
The cultural and creative sectors welcome the first official European study1 highlighting the central role of Europe’s IP-intensive industries as drivers of innovation, growth and jobs. This was carried out by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and the European Patent Office (EPO) and presented today in Brussels.
JEAN MICHEL JARRE WARNS AGAINST MODIFYING BELGIAN COPYRIGHT
Jean Michel Jarre, President of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), came to Brussels to draw attention to the adverse impact the draft amendment of Belgian copyright law will have on artists.
CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES’ PLATFORM WELCOMES EP CALL FOR PROMOTION OF SECTORS AS SOURCES OF GROWTH AND JOBS
Platform welcomes European Parliament report ‘Promoting the European cultural and creative sectors as sources of economic growth and jobs’, adopted today, and calls on European Commission and Member States to deliver.
IMPALA ELECTS A NEW BOARD IN BERLIN, AT AGM HOSTED BY VUT AT THE INAUGURAL ‘VUT INDIE DAYS’
IMPALA held its annual general meeting this weekend, in the midst of Berlin Music Week, electing 24 members to its Board for the next two years. The AGM was hosted by VUT at its inaugural ‘VUT Indie Days’.