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[…]
New interim colleague at PlayRight: welcome Ruben!
October 8 2024
PlayRight is pleased to announce the arrival of a new face! Ruben Saldaña Sandoval joined our team at the beginning of October, and will be working supporting the Communications and[…]
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[…]
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. […]
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,[…]