INDEPENDENT MUSIC COMPANIES URGE THE EC TO “TAKE A STANCE” AND BLOCK THE UNIVERSAL/EMI MERGER
As the deadline approaches for the EC to rule on the proposed Universal/EMI merger, music independent companies across Europe today urged the Commission to block Universal’s endeavour to gain more power in the music market.
NEW EUROPEAN AIRPLAY CHARTS BY NIELSEN MUSIC/IMPALA HIGHLIGHT THE MOST SUCCESSFUL INDEPENDENT ARTISTS OF Q2 2012
The chart has no less than ten new entries, with DJ Antoine featuring The Beat Shakers, Matt Houston and Die Toten Hosen appearing straight at the first three places of the chart. The best climbers include French artists Shaka Ponk, 1995 and Orelsan, as well as hip-hop trio De La Soul.
SPAIN TRAMPLES EU LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS, PUTTING AT RISK A MAJOR FINANCIAL RESOURCE FOR ARTISTS AND THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
At a time when the Spanish government is asking billions of Euros of solidarity to bail the country out of its financial problems, the same government is disowning its commitment under EU legislation (article 5.2.b) of Directive 2001/29/EC) to provide a system to compensate artists and the film and music industry for the private copying of audio and audiovisual works.
IMPALA CONTINUES ITS OPPOSITION TO THE UNIVERSAL/EMI MERGER
At an IMPALA board meeting yesterday, the board voted to continue its opposition to the Universal/EMI merger, underlining its concerns that any remedies would have to be able to deal with the concerns raised by the European regulators regarding the impact of the merger.
IMPALA WELCOMES PUBLICATION OF EUROPEAN REGULATOR’S DECISION ON SONY/EMI MERGER
The European Commission has released a non-confidential version of its decision on Sony/EMI earlier today, explaining its approval of the Sony/EMI publishing merger on 19th April, subject to remedies.
IMPALA WELCOMES PUBLICATION OF EUROPEAN REGULATOR’S DECISION ON SONY/EMI MERGER
The European Commission has released a non-confidential version of its decision on Sony/EMI earlier today, explaining its approval of the Sony/EMI publishing merger on 19th April, subject to remedies.
AS CARO EMERALD HITS TRIPLE PLATINUM, OVER 100 RELEASES BY INDEPENDENT ARTISTS INCLUDING SELAH SUE…. PICK UP IMPALA EUROPEAN SALES AWARDS, WITH ADELE’S 21 REACHING AN INCREDIBLE TWENTY FIVE TIMES PLATINUM
The latest batch of IMPALA Sales Awards is one of the biggest ever, with 111 registrations from across Europe for new awards from Silver through to multi-Platinum.
IMPALA WELCOMES EC CONFIRMATION THAT IT WILL MOVE TO THE “NEXT STAGE” IN UNIVERSAL/EMI INVESTIGATION
In a speech this morning about anti-trust enforcement, the EC Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia confirmed that it would be moving to the “next stage” in its investigation in the Universal/EMI merger.
NEW STUDY QUANTIFIES THE VALUE CONSUMERS PLACE ON COPYING MUSIC WHEN BUYING NEW DEVICES
IMPALA welcomes new quantitative research which demonstrates the commercial value placed by consumers, when buying devices, on the ability of such devices to play music copied from CDs. The study also looked at what data consumers find most valuable to back up when using cloud services.
EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER STANDS UP FOR COPYRIGHT, SEPARATING MYTH FROM REALITY
IMPALA welcomes European Commissioner Barnier’s most recent commitment to copyright. Still available in French only, the Commissioner responsible for intellectual property was keen to debunk the myths surrounding copyright and make the reality clear.