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Online music revenues increased by 40% during the pandemic

09.03.2021

Online music revenues increased by 40% in 2020. At the same time, royalties from live performances for music performance in public places, cafes, bars, and restaurants have been cut threefold. Such statistics, writes the newspaper “Vechernyaya Moskva”, were cited by the Chairman of the Board of the Russian Authors’ Society (RAO) Maxim Dmitriev. “Online distribution […]

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The Federation of Creative Industries is founded in Russia

26.02.2021

On February 24, the first meeting of the founders of the new organization, the Federation of Creative Industries, took place. The Federation was created with the participation of the Committee of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs on Intellectual Property and Creative Industries. The federation includes more than twenty professional organizations, creative unions and […]

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Igor Butman invited Brazilian and Cuban performers to “Jazz Seasons”

15.01.2021

From August 22 to 23, 2021, the VI International Festival “Jazz Seasons” will be held in the Museum-Reserve ‘Gorki Leninskiye’ near Moscow. The event received the status of an international festival thanks to the efforts of Igor Butman, the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Mr. Butman invited foreign bands that were stuck in Russia […]

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

28.12.2020
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Igor Butman’s online forum-fest gathered over 10,000 visitors

27.11.2020

The International Forum-Fest Jazz Across Borders (JAB) – one of the world’s largest business conferences dedicated to the jazz industry – gathered more than 10,000 people from 70 countries. As Forsmi.ru reminds, the event took place on November 13 and 14, 2020. The program of the forum-fest consisted of five parts: JAB Conference (discussion sessions, […]

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The head of the IPEX project spoke about the impact of digitalization on creative activity

11.11.2020

Valeria Brusnikina, IPChain Association IT Portfolio Manager and IPEX Project Manager, spoke about new trends in the B2B music market and problems in the field of intellectual property rights. According to Valeria, many authors do not fully understand that intellectual property is an intangible asset, which is as important as other assets. This applies not […]

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Yuri Kostin, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Radio, spoke about the new challenges of the radio industry

05.11.2020

The pandemic has hit many areas, including the media. The lockdown affected the work of many media outlets, but at the same time opened up new prospects, for example, for radio. Yuri Kostin, General Director of GPM Radio and Vice President of the Russian Academy of Radio, spoke about how the level of radio listening […]

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Igor Butman performed in Tula in honor of Dave Brubeck’s anniversary

22.10.2020

In the framework of the International Festival of Brass Art “Brass Days” in honor of the 100th anniversary of the American composer Dave Brubeck, Igor Butman performed with his quintet and the Tula Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vladislav Lavrik. The anniversary of the patriarch of cool jazz Dave Brubeck in 2020 is widely celebrated […]

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IPCHAIN: creative products will be able to move freely among various industries

28.09.2020

Andrey Krichevsky, President of the IPChain Association, spoke at “Global Digital Content Market” international conference hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Authors’ perspectives in the independent management of rights and their receipt of royalties for the use of works, as well as the possibility of interaction of various digital information databases on rights […]

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Russian Authors’ Society will ensure protection of intellectual rights at the Russian Student Spring event

14.09.2020

Russian Authors’ Society and Russian Youth Union have entered into an agreement providing for the protection of intellectual rights during the Russian Student Spring event. “The document is aimed at ensuring the protection of the results of intellectual activity and means of individualization in the implementation of the program for the support and development of […]

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