The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. SPECIAL FOCUS: The jury’s still out on OTT video and the cannibalization of broadcast TV rights collections Over-the-top (OTT) streaming of audio and video is a distribution means that has quickly become the leading method of consumption for both media content industries. In contrast to traditional broadcast, OTT is a process that uses the open internet rather than a service provider’s own infrastructure. Multiple services, including those from pure-play providers, such as N ..read more

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. Digital gains are set to boost music revenue, but publishing growth is on track to outshine recorded-music All the world’s major recorded-music markets and one or two other smaller ones have published midyear trade figures. Music & Copyright’s annual assessment of the results suggests global recorded-music trade earnings from the sale of physical and digital recorded-music and income from music access services are set to register an eighth straight year of growth. Howeve ..read more

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. Recorded-music trade growth set to eclipse modest rise in revenue for music publishers With all the world’s major recorded-music markets and one or two other smaller ones having published midyear trade figures, Music & Copyright‘s annual assessment of the results suggests global recorded-music trade earnings from the sale of physical and digital recorded-music and income from music access services will rise at the fastest ever rate. The big bounce-back in sales of physic ..read more

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. Global performance rights distributions set to fall for second consecutive year Performance-rights distributions to record companies (producers) and performers fell short of registering another record-breaking year in 2019 as total payments slipped back below the $3 billion mark after reaching the milestone for the first time in 2018. Producers’ and performers’ rights have become an important source of income in recent years given the long demise of recorded-music trade reve ..read more

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. US leading global recorded-music sales to fifth consecutive year of growth With all the world’s major recorded-music markets and several smaller ones having published midyear trade figures, Music & Copyright’s annual assessment of the results suggests global recorded-music trade earnings from the sale of physical and digital recorded music and income from music access services will register a higher rate of growth this year than in 2018. All the trade associations that h ..read more

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. Funding vehicles offer opportunities to music companies Although music industry revenue continues to increase on the back of rising streaming sales, the financial benefits aren’t spread evenly among record labels or artists, nor do they help those ailing segments of the live music sector. That’s why governments around the world support music businesses and musicians through funding programs. However, state funding is often in short supply, with music often in competition for ..read more

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. German recorded music sector on track for another year of growth Figures published by the German music trade body Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) show that total consumer spending on recorded music was up 3.6% in the first half of this year compared with the same six-month period in 2015. A big jump in music subscriptions was behind the overall rise, with the increase in consumer spending on paid audio on-demand services fully offsetting all other format declines. The co ..read more

The latest issue of Music & Copyright is now available for subscribers to download. Here are some of the highlights. EUIPO report sheds light on young Europeans’ digital content habits A new report published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has detailed the attitudes and behavior of 15–24-year-olds in terms of digital media and intellectual property rights (IPRs). The report looked at the main drivers and barriers to acquiring digital content made available by both legal and unlicensed online sources. The report found that young European consumers felt there was a ..read more