International
Transposition of the ‘DSM’ Directive into Belgian law: the Constitutional Court has not (yet) ruled on the offending provisions and has referred questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling
October 8 2024 - International PlayRight
PlayRight has taken note of the Constitutional Court’s decision of September 26, 2024 to submit preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union to determine whether the[…]
Rights collected abroad: last distribution of 2024 of 286.000 euros
August 14 2024 - Audiovisual International Music
PlayRight distributed 286.011,53 euros to our affiliate members for music and audiovisual recordings exploited abroad. PlayRight distributed 286.011,53 euros to our affiliate members for music and audiovisual recordings exploited abroad. […]
Five years on… the European Union’s DSM Directive is failing Belgian and European performers
July 4 2024 - International Music PlayRight
A recently published report on “The Impact of the DSM Directive on EU Artists and Musicians”, based upon a survey of 9,542 artists from Belgium and 18 other EU countries,[…]
Ahead of European elections, artists and labels urge EC to “get its house in order” on broadcast and performance monies being transferred away from Europe
April 8 2024 - International PlayRight
With only two months to go before the European elections, artists and labels from across Europe are joining forces again and calling on the European Commission to come forward with[…]
Rights collected abroad: first distribution of 2024 of 1.45 million euros
February 8 2024 - Audiovisual International Music
PlayRight distributed 1,446,618.85 euros to our affiliate members for music and audiovisual recordings exploited abroad. What are international rights? An artist who joins PlayRight can give us a global mandate.[…]
Distribution calendar: overview of rights to be paid to artists in 2024
December 22 2023 - Audiovisual International Music PlayRight
The 2024 distribution calendar is ready: seven distributions of rights collected on the Belgian territory and abroad will be carried out in 2024, among which two final distributions: Deadline for[…]
RAAP CASE: ARTISTS AND LABELS JOIN FORCES TO CALL FOR URGENT EU SOLUTION
November 29 2023 - International Music PlayRight
Key artist and label groups from major European music markets have come together today to ask the EU to come up urgently with a legislative solution to address the consequences[…]
End of strike in Hollywood: SAG-AFTRA reaches agreement
November 28 2023 - Audiovisual International
The actors’ union SAG-AFTRA and the major audiovisual production companies reached an agreement on 8 November to put an end to the actors’ strike that had paralysed Hollywood for 4[…]
Open call: apply for the European Jazz Conference!
September 29 2023 - International Music
Picture: Francis Vanhee From 12 to 14 September 2024 Gent will be the host city of the European Jazz Conference. This prestigious event is the largest annual gathering of professionals[…]
PlayRight hosted an international summit on actors’ (neighbouring) rights
September 26 2023 - Audiovisual International
On 5 and 6 September, PlayRight hosted a summit in Ghent in cooperation with SCAPR and AEPO-ARTIS. On the programme: the collective management of actors’ rights. 17 international collective management[…]