MERLIN ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT CLAIMS AGAINST LIMEWIRE
Global independent music rights agency Merlin agrees groundbreaking Settlement With LimeWire
First time independents have participated in settlement of copyright infringement claims against a global peer-to-peer service
“21” BY ADELE WINS THE IMPALA EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Adele’s second full-length album, “21”, has won the second IMPALA European Independent Album of the Year Award from a shortlist of 23 albums from across Europe, covering genres such as synth-pop (Rubik), dubstep (ModeSelektor and SBTRKT), electro (Little Dragon and M83), metal (Arrayan Path), punk rock (Hladno Pivo, Iceage, The Glockenwise) and post-rock (Sigur Ros)…
SONY/EMI DEAL NOTIFIED TO EUROPEAN REGULATORS – INDEPENDENTS WARN OF DANGERS OF INCREASED POWER
As Sony finally notifies its deal to acquire EMI music publishing, IMPALA confirmed its opposition, warning that the deal would give Sony excessive power and should be blocked.
SONY/EMI DEAL NOTIFIED TO EUROPEAN REGULATORS – INDEPENDENTS WARN OF DANGERS OF INCREASED POWER
As Sony finally notifies its deal to acquire EMI music publishing, IMPALA confirmed its opposition, warning that the deal would give Sony excessive power and should be blocked.
IMPALA WELCOMES START OF UNIVERSAL/EMI REGULATORY PROCESS IN EUROPE, EXPECTS OUTRIGHT ‘NO’ TO PROTECT ONLINE MARKET AND CONSUMER PRICES
With Universal finally notifying its EMI deal in Europe two months after filing in the USA and three months after the sale was announced, independent music companies welcome the start of the official regulatory process.
IMPALA PUBLISHES 23-ALBUM SHORTLIST FOR EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Following the successful launch last year of the European Independent Album of the Year Award, voting is now taking place on a 23-album shortlist to decide this year’s winner.
IMPALA HONOURS MARTIN MILLS AND LABEL LOVE WITH OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARDS
The winners of the 2011 IMPALA Outstanding Contribution Award are Martin Mills and the ‘Label Love’ initiative…
EMI – OPPOSITION TO UNIVERSAL AND SONY MOUNTS AS REPORTS CIRCULATE OF REGULATORY FILINGS IN EUROPE
As reports circulate of regulatory filings in Europe weeks after the USA, independent music companies confirm their opposition to the proposed sale of EMI to Universal and Sony, the world’s biggest music companies. Protest is also spreading at national level, following initiatives led by independent associations such as AIM in the UK, while European body IMPALA fully expects regulators in both the USA and Europe to block the transactions outright.
CROSS-BORDER MUSIC IN EUROPE DOMINATED BY USA REPERTOIRE
A new European Music Office/Eurosonic-Noordeslag/Nielsen study demonstrates the lack of circulation of European music across borders.
TOWARDS A GLOBAL MANIFESTO FOR THE INDEPENDENT MUSIC INDUSTRY
A global collective manifesto for independent music entrepreneurs and organisations will be debated and agreed at Midem, at a meeting led by the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) and the European indie music association Impala.