Worldwide royalty collections for creators of music, audiovisual works, visual arts, drama and literature are likely to decline this year by up to 35% – €3.5 billion (£3.2bn) in lost ...
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) has signed a deal that’s set to benefit collection societies in developing countries. ...
South African singer, songwriter and actress Yvonne Chaka Chaka has been elected as vice president of CISAC.
She joins Arturo Márquez, one of Mexico’s leading composers, who was also ...
CISAC has reiterated its demands for copyright reform at EU level that addresses the so-called value gap relating to user-generated content on video platforms such as YouTube.
While YouTube has ...
The music industry is back to work and possibly looking to the year ahead with a certain degree of optimism in the light of the latest figures from the BPI ...
Music industry trade bodies have welcomed moves at the European Parliament that take the European Union another step closer to new copyright legislation – and the potential closing of the ...