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IFPI CTO Richard Gooch talks music metadata on The Music Ally Podcast
IFPI CTO Richard Gooch joined journalist Joe Sparrow on The Music Ally Podcast to talk all things music metadata “If you’re listening to the radio there in Berlin and you hear a Jamaican track played, there is a mechanism in place for the rights holder in Jamaica to get paid for that – that’s because […]
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Javier Asensio named in Billboard’s 2021 Latin Power Players
Javier Asensio, IFPI’s Regional Director of Latin America, has been included in Billboard’s Latin Power Players, an annual list of executives leading the charge within the genre. See the full list here.
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IFPI and 17 representatives from Europe’s creative sectors raise concerns regarding the European Commission’s guidance on Article 17
Read the full letter here.
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Frances Moore, Chief Executive of IFPI, Awarded MBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours
11th June 2021 – Frances Moore, Chief Executive of IFPI, the organisation that represents the recording industry worldwide, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Moore joins the Members of the Order of the British Empire and is recognised for her services to the music industry in the list unveiled on 11th […]
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Recording industry takes action against Vimeo for making available infringing music content
5th May 2021 – IFPI, representing the recording industry worldwide, together with its Italian national group FIMI and the Italian anti-piracy organisation FPM, has coordinated a legal action on behalf of its record company members against online content sharing service Vimeo in Italy. The action is based on Vimeo’s failure to prevent unlicensed music appearing on […]
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IFPI statement on the publication of the EU Priority Third Countries Report 2021
4th May 2021 – The European Commission has published its EU Priority Countries Report (here) in order to strengthen the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in countries outside of the European Union. The report identifies “priority countries” in which the state of IPR protection gives rise to the greatest level of concern […]
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