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Our Unison Recap 2022: a great year!

January has passed in a blink of an eye. A month of review of last year’s achievements and getting the engines tuned and prepared for the year ahead.  When looking back at 2022, we could not be more proud of Unison’s achievements and developments. We have continued to grow and to deliver value to our…

Spain will strengthen its regulation of copyright and related rights with the creation of the Spanish Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Office

On 27 December 2022, the Council of Ministers approved the Bill for the creation of the Copyright and Related Rights Office. This office, created in the image and likeness of the institutional architecture of other neighbouring countries -such as France or Portugal- is one of the measures included in Spain’s Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan…

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UNISON Agenda – Upcoming music industry events

This new season comes full of networking events we did not want to miss.  Some of them are already familiar from previous years such as FMF Barcelona and BIME, while others are brand new and we approach them with great enthusiasm to continue creating professional relationships in the musical universe. From September 26th until the…

The elephant is still in the room: CMA rejects a full investigation of the music streaming market

The Economics of Music Streaming saga continues: last July the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) refused to recommend a full investigation of the music streaming market. For context, a market study is different from a market investigation. In market studies, the functioning of the market is studied and, if flaws in the functioning of…

Interview with Sleza (‘For Ukraine’ Album)

After interviewing Blooms Corda, Ukrainian singer Sleza opens her heart in this interview full of hope for the difficult reality of the Ukrainian people. She is also part of ‘For Ukraine’, the compilation album of Ukrainian artists, musicians and creatives whose aim is to support Ukrainian humanitarian organisations. Don’t miss this talk about her understanding…

Interview with Blooms Corda (‘For Ukraine’ Album)

We interviewed Blooms Corda, one of the musician that make up the solidarity project ‘For Ukraine’, a compilation album of Ukrainian artists, musicians and creatives whose aim is to support Ukrainian humanitarian organisations. He talks about the message he wants to convey with his song ‘Lyst do Kathrine’ and how the war in his country,…

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Digital Licensing Sessions at Primavera Pro

The first edition of the Digital Licensing Sessions, co-organised by Unison and Primavera PRO, took place on the 7th and 8th of June. For two days, international professionals discussed hot topics about the present and future of music in the digital world. Valuable knowledge and experiences were shared, opinions were confronted in a respectful, open…

Copyright Directive Saga: EU Court of Justice states that Article 17 does not violate the right to freedom of expression and information of users

As you readers so well know, on 14 September 2016, in line with the digital single market strategy, the European Commission presented a legislative package for the modernisation of EU copyright rules aiming to adapt EU copyright rules in a context where tech was rapidly changing the way works were created, produced, distributed and exploited. …