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The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is now available from this link. The Newsletter reviews ECSA’s winter session in Brussels at the end of February.

The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is now available from this link. The Newsletter looks back over ECSA’s major accomplishments during 2017 and looks ahead to what’s coming up in 2018.

The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is now available from this link. The Newsletter describes ECSA’s tailor-made training sessions focusing on entrepreneurial, copyright and digital skills of songwriters and composers, and lists the composers whose works have been selected for performance at ECSA’s winter session in Brussels.

At a PCAM Committee meeting held on 27 June, it was decided to update two of the recommended Internet Rates to reflect the growing importance of internet campaigns and the fact that they are now quite often stand-alone.

Please bear in mind these recommendations are only guidelines and you are quite at liberty to charge whatever you see fit.

While eventually we feel internet rates should be raised to the same levels as TV rates, the Committee felt that we should move forward slowly and realistically, as there is absolutely no point in recommending rates that no client or agency will pay.

On that basis, we have now changed the PCAM website’s “Advertising – Internet Use” page to say the following:

 Worldwide – Streaming and Non-Downloadable:

• Typically 600% of composition or arrangement fee.
• Internet if combined with TV Usage – typically an extra 350%.

The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is now available from this link. The Newsletter has news of the European Film Music Day held in Cannes on 22 May and the HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award.

The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is now available from this link.  The Newsletter announces ECSA’s selection as an important network for the Creative Europe Programme 2017-2020.

The PCAM Committee believes that PCAM members will be interested in the announcement below from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) and the International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP), and may wish to sign their petition here.

ECSA and ICMP are calling on big tech companies to pay composers, songwriters and publishers a fair mechanical rate for their work.

We, the representatives of authors, composers and music publishers, are following proceedings at the US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB), which will determine the royalty rates that digital streaming services will pay over the next five years.  The outcome of these proceedings will not only impact the US music sector; the entire industry will also be affected.

The CRB is hearing proposals from big tech companies like Google and Amazon, while the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) and the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) are representing the music industry.

At a time when the EU is looking at establishing a fair licensing environment for rightsholders, we salute our colleagues at the NMPA and NSAI and call on the CRB to adopt a structure that recognises the true value of composers’ and songwriters’ works.  As a result of advances in technology, there is more music on offer than ever before, but the tech companies want to lower the price they pay for this music.

Meanwhile, composers, songwriters and publishers are being forced to fight for royalty rates through a taxing and expensive CRB trial.  The tech companies have for years shown disrespect for the value of music and with that the livelihoods of the composers and songwriters.  If they don’t stop, composers and songwriters will soon be unable to continue creating the music that enriches the lives of millions across the world.

Make your voice heard by asking the tech companies to pay us a fair price for our works.  It’s a simple ask, and it’s in your interests to do so.

Thank you.

Sign the petition here: https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/songwriters-to-big-tech-stop-fighting-us-in-crb.html

About ECSA

ECSA is a professional alliance formed by over 50 associations of composers and songwriters from all over Europe.  The main objective of the alliance is to defend and promote the rights of authors of music at the national, European and international level by any legal means.  ECSA advocates for equitable commercial conditions for composers and songwriters and strives to improve social and economic development of music creation in Europe.  PCAM is an Associate Member of ECSA.

About ICMP

ICMP is the world trade association representing the interests of the music publishing community internationally.  The constituent members of ICMP are music publishers’ associations from Europe, Middle East, North and South America, Africa and Asia-Pacific.  Included are the leading independent multinational and international companies and regional and national music publishers, mainly SMEs, throughout the world.

As the voice and point of reference for music publishers, and for the community of composers and songwriters, ICMP’s mission is to increase copyright protection internationally, encourage a better environment for our business and act as an industry forum for consolidating global positions.

The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA), celebrating the organisation’s 10 years of existence, is now available from this link.  The Newsletter looks back what ECSA has achieved during that time.

The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is now available from this link. The main story in the Newsletter is a report on ECSA’s annual General Assembly, held on 14-15 February, where there was a general resolve to fight against unfair contracts and for fair remuneration from internet services.

The latest Newsletter from the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (ECSA) is now available from this link. The main story in the Newsletter is on ECSA’s reaction to a German court decision on distributions to publishers by GEMA.