Media about RAO
Igor Butman donated his sax to the museum
The musical instrument was presented to Igor Butman by Pete LaPlaca, the founder of LA Sax company at Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in 1995. The musician played this instrument from 1995 to 2002, the saxophone is also depicted on the back of the musician’s album “Nostalgie”. The saxophone was passed down at the finale of […]
Alexey Karelov: Russian Authors’ Society is ready to accommodate broadcasters as long as it does not infringe the rights of authors
The Executive Director of Russian Authors’ Society noted that the organization plans to work on the issue of fixed payments. Russian Authors’ Society is ready in difficult economic situation to meet the needs of broadcasters, whose incomes have recently fallen significantly, but as long as this does not infringe the interests of the authors. This […]
If you come up with a name – register it!
Now Russian musicians will be able to deposit the name of their own group and their stage name. This option appeared in ISNI. Accordingly, anyone can use the Russian n’RIS service to register in the international registry. n’RIS is developing digital services to protect intellectual property. n’RIS Project Manager Nikolai Turubar explained why registering your […]
«Национализации» музыки не будет
Среди исполнителей ходят слухи о принудительном переходе прав на музыку в РАО и «СОЮЗ МЬЮЗИК». Это происходит из-за ухода из России таких больших лейблов, как Sony Music, Universal Music Group и Warner Music Group. Однако эти слухи не совсем правдивы. Пока ситуация остается неразрешенной, никаких решительных шагов предпринято не будет. Исполнительный директор Российского Авторского Общества […]
Will there be royalties?
Due to the difficult economic situation, there may be problems with receiving royalties by authors. Foreign copyright holders fear such outcome, for example, Disney, because there was a precedent. Due to sanctions against banks in the Russian Federation, users of the Patreon platform today cannot receive their royalties from abroad. Russian Authors’ Society reports that […]
Russian Authors’ Society resumes debts collection suspended due to the pandemic
The past year was tough for everyone, but small and medium-sized businesses, the entertainment industry and the service sector were particularly hard hit. Cinemas and organizers of mass events, restaurateurs, trade enterprises have accumulated most of the debts on payment of royalties during this time. Russian Authors’ Society agreed with the terms of the debtors […]