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UNISON files a new lawsuit against SGAE for seriously obstructing the activity of the Spanish competition authority

At Unison we have filed a new lawsuit against the Spanish CMO (Sociedad General de Autores y Editores – SGAE) before the Commercial Courts of Barcelona, for abuse of dominant position in the Spanish rights management market. The new lawsuit has been filed as a result of the anti-competitive practices of abusive litigation (“sham ligitation”)…

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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…

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‘For Ukraine’, an album in support of ucranians victims

Ukraine needs everyone’s support, and what better way than to arouse public solidarity through music. For this reason, from Unison we support the initiative ‘For Ukraine’, a charity music compilation album of Ukrainian artists, musicians and creatives whose aim is to raise funds for Ukrainian humanitarian organisations. 100% of the profits generated by this project…

An anecdote about John Lennon and 5 fallacies about IMEs

Among the beatlemaniacs there is a well-known legend about the song “Sexie Sadie”, composed by John Lennon in 1968 and included in the so-called “White Album”. The Beatles were in Rishikesh (India), on a spiritual retreat to practice transcendental meditation under the teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, along with other celebrities of the time such…

We join the “Verifi Rights Data Alliance” initiative with Warner Music Group, Deezer and FUGA

We are part of the inaugural members of “Verifi Rights Data Alliance” initiative of Verifi Media, a global leader in modern media rights data management services. This alliance will streamline the exchange of information for music catalogues throughout the digital value chain, allowing each entity to maintain its own data source. In addition, Warner Music…

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The Spanish Competition Authorities open a new file against SGAE for “Abuse of Dominant Position”.

In December we informed about our request to the Commercial Court nº3 of Barcelona to comply with the precautionary measures of December 20, 2019, which determined the anti-competitive nature of certain clause of SGAE. Now, the Spanish Competition Authorities (CNMC) has agreed to initiate, at the request of Unison Rights, a new antitrust proceeding against…

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SGAE obliged to withdraw exclusive management from their new contract model at the request of Unison

As a result of the latest modification of the SGAE management contract model, from Unison we requested the Commercial Court No. 3 of Barcelona to comply with the precautionary measures of December 20, 2019, which determined the anti-competitive nature of certain clauses. Specifically, we denounced that SGAE’s new management contract model imposed the exclusive management…