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Music rights 2023: first distribution of 4.5 million euros
October 30 2024 - Music PlayRight
PlayRight has carried out the first distribution of music rights for the reference year 2023. The total sum received by our musicians and artists affiliated via a sister society abroad[…]
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[…]
The Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles’s Cultural Priorities 2024-2029
October 8 2024 - Audiovisual Music PlayRight
On July 16, the Community Policy Statement of the new government of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (FWB) was published, outlining its priorities for 2024-2029. What about culture and the media? There[…]
Audiovisual rights 2023: First distribution of 649.621,62 euros
September 27 2024 - Audiovisual PlayRight
PlayRight has just completed the first distribution of audiovisual rights for the 2023 reference year! The total amount involved is 649.621,62 € of neighbouring rights coming from cable rights, private[…]
Goodbye Brigitte, welcome new colleagues Mark and Sam!
July 4 2024 - PlayRight
A lot has changed at PlayRight the past few months. In April, we said goodbye to Brigitte Verbruggen, who was an Account Manager at PlayRight for thirteen years. She is[…]
These are the members of the PlayRight Commission
July 4 2024 - PlayRight
PlayRight provides financial support to projects and organisations working to improve the position of performing artists. Twice a year, our Commission considers all these applications. The Commission members are all[…]
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,[…]
Audiovisual Rights 2019: final distribution of 2 million euros
June 20 2024 - Audiovisual PlayRight
PlayRight has just closed the distribution of audiovisual rights for the 2019 reference year! The total amount involved is € 2 045 253,71 of neighbouring rights coming from audiovisual recordings that[…]
Authors’ rights and neighbouring rights tax regime remains limited to artists only
May 21 2024 - PlayRight
The Constitutional Court has confirmed that the tax benefits for authors’ rights and neighbouring rights only apply to artists, as originally intended. This decision overrules objections from the IT sector,[…]