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YouTube CEO warns of unintended consequences of new EU Copyright rules

28/11/2018

YouTube CEO warns of unintended consequences of new EU Copyright rules in YouTube’s Creator Blog. Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, whilst supporting the goals of Article 13 believes that it could ‘have a profound impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people’. The European Parliament recently agreed new legislation on digital copyright rules which now await ratification by the EU’s member states. One particularly contentious part of the legislation is Article 13, ‘which […]

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Personal music streaming in commercial premises loses music industry $2.65 billion

06/11/2018

Personal music streaming in commercial premises loses music industry $2.65 billion annually according to background music company Soundtrack Your Brand, who commissioned Nielsen Music to conduct the largest-ever international study into background music. The study shows that composers, artists, and musicians may miss out on an estimated $2.65 billion annually because businesses misuse personal music services in commercial settings (with most small businesses unaware they breach licensing regulations). The study estimates that rights holders miss […]

US Music Modernization Act signed into law

20/10/2018

President Trump signed the Music Modernization Act into law on 11th October 2018. The Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (to give its full title) ‘represents the realization of years of effort by a wide array of policymakers and stakeholders to update the music licensing landscape to better facilitate legal licensing of music by digital services,’ according to the U.S. Copyright Office. The legislation aims to update music licensing and copyright law into the […]

European Parliament approves new digital copyright rules

19/09/2018

The European Parliament agreed new legislation on digital copyright rules on 12th September 2018 which will now need to be signed off by the EU’s member states before local laws can be drafted to put them into effect. The legislation was approved by 438 votes to 226, with 39 abstentions and has some important changes to the EU Commission’s original June 2018 proposals adding safeguards to protect small firms and freedom of expression. The proposals […]