Switzerland is witnessing the emergence of new forms of cooperative business. Being an original Swiss format, it’s now increasingly used by young entrepreneurs. A striking example could be the producing co-op – the Red Brick Chapel label. Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung even compared it with anonymous alcoholics group where “losers in life” come together […]
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 […]
Composer and founder of the musical group “Tender May” Sergey Kuznetsov transferred the copyright to his songs to the wife of the ex-soloist of the group Yuri Shatunov. “Yura is not with us now, but there is his wife Svetlana. Firstly, she is an heiress, and secondly, to be safe, I signed a contract with […]
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 […]
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 […]
The production center “Velvet Music”, the label “The First Musical” and the creative association “Gazgolder” created the Association of Music Industry. Members of the newly founded Association hope that their cooperation will help establish a dialogue between the music industry and the state, as well as draw public attention to many old and new problems […]
There are rumors among the performers about the forced transfer of rights to music to Russian Authors’ Society and SOYUZ MUSIC. This is due to the fact that such big labels as Sony Music, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group left Russian market. However, these rumors are not entirely true. As long as the […]
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 […]