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A statement from IMPF on TikTok’s decision not to renew its deal with Merlin.
TikTok must engage with and establish a licensing agreement with Merlin if it wishes to use the music of Merlin's members on its platform. To try and circumnavigate Merlin's collective licensing is a thinly veiled attempt to divide independent labels and drive down...
IMPF welcomes MPAJ to the Friends and Supporters Category
IMPF welcomes MPAJ to the Friends and Supporters Category. See the press release here.
General statement from IMPF on the proposal for the next College of Commissioners of the EU
IMPF warmly welcomes the new team of Commissioners as unveiled by President von der Leyen today and looks forward to working with the those in charge of relevant portfolios on completion of the formal nomination proceedings and confirmation vote of the European...
Company of the Month – RaaCho Music Publishing
RaaCho Music Publishing is a pioneering independent music publisher from India, driven by a passion for innovation and excellence. We empower artists and creators by providing tailored music publishing and rights management solutions. Our team of industry experts...
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EUIPO Publishes IP Perception Study 2020
"Fewer Europeans buy counterfeits or access pirated material as demand for paid content grows; the new survey released by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), questioned EU residents aged 15 and above on their attitudes and behaviour towards...
Company of the Week: Mushroom Music
Mushroom Music is the most successful independent music publisher in Australasia. Mushroom is a full-service creative publisher established in 1972 by Michael Gudinski (AO) and lead by Managing Director Linda Bosidis. We work with some of the most iconic Australian,...
IMPF continues to lobby for the full inclusion of Culture in national recovery plans (RRF)
IMPF continues to lobby for the full inclusion of Culture in national recovery plans (RRF). See here below for the latest letters sent to Heads of State and Government, Ministers for European Affairs and Ministers for Culture, etc. and the top officials of the...
Company of the week: Metatron
Metatron is a company that was founded in 2004. With offices in Milan and Turin, we are involved in all the aspects that revolve around the Music Business. Our goal has always been the same: transforming exciting and unique ideas into reality and putting them into the...
IMPF launches Independent Music Publishing Global Market View 2020
IMPF, the Independent Music Publishers International Forum, today launches a report showing the value of the global independent music publishing copyright business. The indie business model is at the core of music publishing and this report assembles, for the first...
Joint Letter – Support for Culture in the Recovery and Resilience Facility Report
IMPF along with 20 other organisations from across the cultural and creative sector wrote to members of the European Parliament to ask them to support a number of amendments tabled on the draft Report on a Recovery and Resilience Facility. Joint letter - Support for...
Cultural Creative Sector write to Commissioners Breton and Gentiloni re InvestEU
CCS urges the EU to ensure that the cultural and creative sector will benefit from an appropriate level of support via InvestEU. InvestEU - CCS sector letter 05 October 2020
Company of the Week: OMSA
Organizacion Musical Sudamericana (OMSA) SRL was established in Buenos Aires in 1992 by Roberto Barry and John Nathan as a full-service Publisher and Sub-publishing company. A study of the Argentine music publishing business showed that many foreign publishers were...
Submission to the European Commission Consultation on Article 17
On behalf of its members, the IMPF has submitted a detailed contribution to the European Commission Consultation. IMPF submission on Targeted Consultation Article 17 of the Directive of Copyright in the Digital Single Market. IMPF has also responded to the Targeted...
WIPO and Music Rights Awareness Foundation to Collaborate in Favour of Creators
WIPO and the Music Rights Awareness Foundation have joined forces to support creators around the world in ensuring they are recognized and fairly remunerated for their work by increasing knowledge and awareness of their intellectual property (IP) rights. Read more...
Google Removes all Danish Music from YouTube
Google uses its total dominance in Denmark and announces it will remove all Danish music on YouTube unless Koda reduces by 70% the money it pays to songwriters and composers. Read More.
CISAC and WIPO announce New Repertoire Data Agreement to Support Collective Management Organizations
WIPO Director General Francis Gurry and CISAC Director General Gadi Oron signed an agreement that will allow CMOs to manage their repertoire and share it with other CMOs beyond their borders using CISAC’s CIS-Net international repertoire database. Read more here.
The Ivors Academy and IMPF, the Independent Music Publishers International Forum enter into new alliance to strengthen ties between music creators and publishers
The Covid-19 pandemic has created a global crisis for the music sector and creative industries, exposing the need to accelerate reform to ensure that music creators and publishers can continue to thrive during this period of disruption. The changes we are undergoing...
$250 million JobMaker plan to restart Australia’s creative economy
MEDIA RELEASE 25 June 2020 Prime Minister, Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety, and the Arts - Australia Thousands of jobs across Australia’s arts industry will be backed with a new $250 million targeted package to help restart the creative economy and get the...
Company of the week: GL Music Entertainment
Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, GL Music Entertainment is one of the biggest Scandinavian independent music publishing, production and artist development companies. Having the GL founders originating from the creative side of the music industry by being producers and...
IMPF Joint Sector call on Member States and the European Parliament
IMPF calls on Member States and the European Parliament: to invest in culture and the #NextGeneration that we really care about the future. Joint sector call - Investing in Europe’s next generation by investing in culture.
Company of the week: Red Brick Songs/Casablanca Media Publishing
Based out of Toronto, Canada, Red Brick Songs/Casablanca Media Publishing started out of a passion for music. We are a full-service music publisher that discovers and supports songwriters. We share and support their musical talent, and create opportunities that...
EU response to Cultural Creative Sector Joint Call
Commissioner Mariya Gabriel responds to Call from Cultural Creative Sector. Letter from Commissioner Mariya Gabriel.
Cultural and Creative Sector Call: Time to put words into Action!
Europe’s cultural and creative sectors CCS Joint Call Covid-19 for ambitious EU budgetary measures to get through the Covid-19 crisis.
Music sector joins together to call for EU and national investment to address current crisis and promote diversity
Music is one of the first sectors hit by the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis. It will also be one of the last. As borders close, venues as well as festivals suspend their activities, performances are cancelled, group activity is stopped, shops close, and new releases...
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