CHARLIE PHILLIPS APPOINTED TO LEAD WORLDWIDE INDEPENDENT NETWORK
The Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) has today announced its appointment of Charlie Phillips to lead the network’s operations, stepping up from his previous role as Director of Legal and Business Affairs.
IMPALA ENDORSES COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE AT ITS 100TH BOARD MEETING, WELCOMES MEMBER STATE APPROVAL
Independent music companies associations and labels from across Europe met in Brussels this week to examine the text of the copyright directive agreed in trilogue.
Member state approval was also forthcoming this week, allowing the directive to now move through the final approval process in the parliament.
CREATIVE SECTOR CALLS TO APPROVE THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE
IMPALA and organisations from across the cultural and creative sector representing authors, composers, writers, journalists, photographers as well as news agencies, audiovisual producers, book, press and music publishers, have published the following statement calling on EU member states and the European Parliament to adopt the text of the Copyright Directive as agreed in trilogue last week.
EU COPYRIGHT TEXT AGREED, NOW REQUIRES FINAL APPROVAL
After much debate and further changes to the text of the copyright directive, an agreement was reached in Strasbourg last night and the directive can now move to the final stages of the European legislative process. Member states now need to approve the final text as well as the European Parliament. The changes made in the trilogue discussions this week will be published soon and IMPALA understands that they will help achieve a balanced text.
18 NOMINEES UNVEILED FOR THE IMPALA EUROPEAN INDEPENDENT ALBUM OF THE YEAR AWARD
2018 was a great year for European independents and it’s time to have a look at the pick of the bunch: there are no less than 18 nominees for this 9th edition of our album of the year award, showcasing once again how Europe’s independent music sector is thriving.
RUNDA – A NEW CHAMPION FOR THE BALKANS’ INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS
Today marks the official launch of RUNDA – complete name Regionalna udruga nezavisnih diskografa – the regional association of independent discographers for the Balkans, whose work and membership will cover the whole of ex-Yugoslavia (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Macedonia) as well as Albania.
EUROPE FOR CREATORS LAUNCHES NEW MYTH BUSTING TOOLS ON ARTICLE 13
EUROPE FOR CREATORS is launching a new website and a newsletter, as part of a renewed effort to promote clarity around Article 13 of the European Copyright Directive.
The new tools set out facts. The website, www.article13.org (also available in Italian, German, Czech, French, Polish, Croatian and more to come) and the newsletter, INSIGHT 13, take a no-nonsense approach to the issue and go back to basics: What does the Directive actually say and how does the process work?
JOINT CALL FOR THE INTEGRATION OF CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SECTORS INTO HORIZON EUROPE
The following is a joint letter signed by 30 organisations from across the cultural and creative sectors, sent to EU member states’ research Ministries in the framework of the trilogue discussions on the EU’s future Horizon Europe programme:
RIGHTSHOLDERS UNITE IN CALLING FOR AN EFFECTIVE SOLUTION TO THE VALUE GAP
We are writing to you as a group of organisations representing European authors, composers, songwriters, featured artists, picture agencies, book publishers, academic publishers, audiovisual producers and broadcasters, independent and major music producers and publishers, and news and media companies.
IMPALA THANKS ALISON WENHAM FOR HER CONTRIBUTION TO WIN
Following the news that Alison Wenham is stepping down at WIN, we are making the following statement thanking Alison.