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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 […]

In 2018, the US Congress passed the Music Modernization Act. This means that in 2022, all records, melodies, songs and tracks released before 1922 inclusive will become public domain. They can be listened to and distributed without the slightest restrictions on the part of the copyright holders. The music of the early 20th century is […]

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 […]

On November 26 – 28, in the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall the future stars of modern jazz performed on stage together with the world famous Moscow Jazz Orchestra conducted by maestro Igor Butman. The International Festival “The Future of Jazz” is a unique and most youthful project of Igor Butman, Honored Artist of Russia. The peculiarity […]

Artificial intelligence has been equated with human rights, however, so far only in copyright for a shorter period and in less scope. At the end of October, Moscow hosted the First International Forum “Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: The Beginning of Trust”, which was attended by representatives of the technological community, science, education, business, society and […]

A forum on creative industries and intellectual property was held on October 12 as part of the ‘Russian Business Week’ program. At the forum, government officials and members of development institutions discussed potential investors for all creative entrepreneurship. Not so long ago, the Russian government approved a concept for the development of creative industries. The […]

The boom in online education, fierce opposition from IT giants, multimillion views of dancing videos, and messengers as digital shelters are just a few of the persistent technological trends. All of these are more or less related to the production, distribution, and monetization of content. How to ensure growth of digital products? What technologies are […]

The key event of the year in the development of creative industries and intellectual property – IPQuorum 2021 – will take place on April 26-27 in Technopark at Skolkovo Innovation Center in the format Tech for Content. The focus of the business program is new technologies for production, distribution, and monetization of content: from cinema […]