Celebrating its 90th anniversary today, CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, was welcomed at the Hôtel de Matignon, the French Prime Minister’s official Residence for a reception. The President of CISAC Jean-Michel Jarre and some 100 invitees, including many internationally-renowned creators from all over the world, were present at this event hosted by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls.
Norwegian authors’ society and GESAC member TONO published its 2015 figures today, revealing some record results:
French authors’ society and GESAC member Sacem signed an unprecedented transatlantic deal last week with Canadian authors’ society SOCAN. With this agreement, Sacem is now mandated to represent SOCAN’s more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers for administering and collecting towards multi-territorial digital service providers (DSPs) in Europe.
MEPs advocate for copyright liability of online platforms in order to remove distortions in the digital market and to provide better conditions for creators and consumers.