News

On November 13, a cowardly and horrific terrorist attack took place in Paris. The target: life, youth, friendship, love and culture. Taking place in the heart of Paris these attacks hit hard in our artist community.

We wish our friends and colleagues in France at Sacem, ADAGP, CISAC, Scam, Sdrm, BIEM, and their members much courage and strength.

#NousSommesUnis

A few press releases by our members: Sacem; SGAE (Spanish translation of the Sacem press release); SPAutores; CISAC.

Picture by Jean Jullien. www.jeanjullien.com

Our Spanish member SGAE announced that Janine Lorente has been appointed deputy general director. She has a long experience with international collective management and intellectual property, having previously worked for SACD, SAA, CISAC and the Directors’ Guild of America (USA).

Find out more here (English).

The International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) released its 2015 GLOBAL COLLECTIONS REPORT yesterday, concerning global royalty collections for the year 2014.

Its main findings are that Europe continues to be the leader in royalty collections, while music remains the pillar of creators’ income. With a total of €7.9 billion in collections worldwide, CISAC numbers show a growth of 2.8% since 2013.

Find out more here.

Last week, creative industries in the UK, together with the UK government, released the first TV ad in its education and TV advertising campaign that aims to promote the value of creativity and urges consumers to “keep it #genuine”.

The initiative Is called “Get it Right” and encourages respect for the value of creativity in the UK and boosts consumer awareness and use of the wide range of legal sources of content available to them.

Find out more here.