Copyright Directive talks conclude – music business responds ahead of reviewing final Article 13 text

“We look forward to carefully reviewing the text when it is issued,” says IFPI
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CISAC to carry out major upgrade to international musical work identifier system

CISAC launches major project to upgrade the international musical work identifier
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CISAC considers ‘expulsion’ of Spanish rights society SGAE

CISAC’s Board of Directors are considering a number of sanctions against the Spanish rights society
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Greece’s music rights sector in turmoil as head of copyright office steps down

Greece’s scandal-hit authors’ rights sector has just been plunged back into crisis. The country’s major CMO, AEPI (the Hellenic Society for Protection of Intellectual Property), was investigated by the country’s Public Prosecutor in March 2017 af…

African music market set for growth as CISAC and ARIPO sign memorandum of understanding

Agreement aims to strengthen copyright and improve revenue collection
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