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GESAC is pleased to announce today at the European Commission’s Licences for Europe plenary a new commitment to support licensing for small scale uses and users. The commitment will see best practice guidelines promoted across authors societies in the EU and benefit a wide range of copyright users, such as schools, museums and small online businesses.
GESAC, on behalf of the 33 author societies it represent, will today present at the Licences for Europe Plenary Meeting an initiative developed by collective management organisations (CMOs) to simplify the licensing for a very wide range of activities from small-scale users and individuals (e.g. start-up businesses, background music on websites, schools concerts online, wedding videos, small-scale web/podcasting etc.). GESAC is committed to develop “Best Practice Guidelines” in this regard.
This new commitment is in addition to the significant progress in promoting the availability of cross-border music services, which has already been welcomed by the European Commission. Digital music services have developed vastly in the last few years, the market continues to grow, and repertoires from across the EU are widely available throughout the EU, reflecting the cultural diversity of Europe.
Veronique Desbrosses, General Manager of GESAC said: “We welcome initiatives, such as L4E, that facilitated dialogues between stakeholders. CMOs are offering market solutions tailored to the specific needs of the users on a cross-border basis. We plan to launch further initiatives in the near future as result of our fruitful co-operations with the participants of this exercise”.

On October 11^th Instituto Autor and the French embassy in Spain held a conference on the contribution of cultural policies in the digital era. The main speaker was former CEO of French TV channel Canal+, Pierre Lescure, who recently authored a study for the French government on the challenges facing cultural industries in a digital era. Mr Lescure shared his vision on the current situation of the creative sector in Europe and in Spain. A roundtable debate followed, moderated by Antonio Onetti from the General Society of Authors and Editors (SGAE).

Below you can find links to videos and pictures from the event and the interview with David Uwemedimo.

http://www.institutoautor.org/story/Vdeos-conferencia-Pierre-Lescure-Parte-I_3917

http://www.institutoautor.org/story/Vdeos-conferencia-Pierre-Lescure-Parte-II_3920

http://www.institutoautor.org/story/Parte-II-Conferencia-Pierre-Lescure_3913

Instituto Author also recently interviewed David Uwemedimo, Director of the Division of Infrastructure Copyright, Cultural and Creative Industries of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The interview took place at the Third Edition of the WIPO Master Class Programme 2013/14 where Mr. Uwemedimo gave a presentation on “WIPO policies aimed at cultural and creative industries and copyright and related rights”. Below you can find the link to the interview.

http://www.institutoautor.org/blog/El-IA-entrevista-a-David-Uwemedimo_3901

PRESS RELEASE – 4 November 2013

In future Danish songwriters and composers will receive payment when their songs are played on YouTube. Now, with this agreement, the vast majority of all online music consumption will generate income for the artists behind it.
After lengthy negotiations Koda, the Danish organisation protecting the interests of music creators, and video platform YouTube today announced that they have entered into an agreement that gives Danish songwriters and composers the opportunity to make money from music that they make available on YouTube in Denmark. The agreement is in effect from 1 November 2013 and will be based on revenue generated by advertisements shown when YouTube-partners’ videos are accessed.
Anders Lassen, CEO of Koda, is very pleased to see the agreement safely concluded:
”This agreement with YouTube is a milestone. We have now ensured that our members will receive payment when their music is used on this highly popular online service. It is crucially important to us that with this agreement the vast majority of all online music consumption will generate income for the artists,” he says.
Director of Google Denmark, Peter Friis, adds:
”We are very pleased indeed to have entered into an agreement with Koda and, hence, with the many artists represented by Koda. This agreement will create better conditions for producing Danish content and will allow artists, composers, and songwriters to make money from their music on YouTube,” says Peter Friis, further adding that ”the agreement is also a great boon to all YouTube users, for whom the act of listening to music and discovering new artists on YouTube is an important aspect of their online experience”.

For more information, please contact:
Nicolaj Hyltén-Cavallius
Head of Communications

D: +45 33 30 63 09
M: +45 22 27 79 21
nhc@koda.dk