Global collections in 2022 rebounded again with the highest annual increase ever recorded: 26.7% to €12.1bn. Royalty collections in Europe register a record growth of 26.1% to €6.6 billion in 2022, accounting for more than half of the global total at 54.8%. Music collections reached a record growth in 2022. Royalties increased by 28.0% to…
UNISON will launch SOLO, the platform that enables global management of all digital rights on one single place, providing the most advanced professional tools for any artist to manage their digital rights. SOLO tracks all digital rights earnings from compositions and recordings in one unique, easy-to-use and transparent dashboard without intermediaries. In addition, it integrates…
Entrepreneur managed &/or booked James Brown, Fela, Suzanne Vega, Gipsy Kings, R.E.M., Bad Brains, Sun Ra, Violent Femmes. Directed US/Can Europe, Brazil & France’s music export offices, music trade missions globally. SVP LyricFind, EVP .MUSIC, Partner; Mondo, SyncSummit, Heaven11, Venue Pilot, Songtradr, YouBloom. 19 year+ mission is giving music human translated, legal, subtitles;.YouTube subtitles due…
In the case we intend to comment on in this post, the opinion of Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General (AG) in case C-10/22, Liberi editori e autori (LEA) v Jamendo, was published on 25 May 2023. The case focuses on settling the interpretative doubts raised by the Tribunale ordinario di Roma on the compliance of Italian…
We are thrilled to introduce you to GUZZU, a groundbreaking Web3 platform that is transforming the music industry’s digital merchandising landscape. So, what exactly is GUZZU? It is a platform that enables artists to unleash their creativity and monetize their digital assets. By leveraging blockchain technology, GUZZU empowers creators to connect with their fans on…
This year, as part of the Digital Licensing Sessions, Primavera Pro and Unison wants to get you closer to the opportunity to have one of your songs used in a film, series, commercial or other audio-visual media. Fifteen music supervisors from all over the world, working in film, television, advertising, video games and other audio-visual…
Digital licensing is a topic that year after year is gaining more importance in the music industry, and the second edition of Digital Licensing Sessions at Primavera Pro 2023 confirms it. In partnership with Unison in a second year in a row, and from May 31 to June 1 at the CCCB, the event will…
BELEM, a Creative Europe EU-funded co-operation project, has launched an educational programme to build capacity for publishers, labels and artists to better monetise lyrics. Led by Unison, the education programme was launched at the Westway Lab event in Guimarães, Portugal. The BELEM education programme will consist of twelve individual webinars, each one covering different topics,…
EarthPercent (aka ‘The Earth’), the UK and US-based environmental charity co-founded by world-renowned music artist Brian Eno, today announced the pilot of a groundbreaking initiative to adopt the construct of the Earth as a songwriter and legal beneficiary of music royalties. This marks an unprecedented step by the music industry to support songwriters who wish…
Once again, new season comes full of networking events we did not want to miss. We have inaugurated the year with the following meetings: MIDEM and Rio Music Market, and there are many more to come. Here are the events in which our team is part of the program and many others in which we…