ICMP & Trade Bodies’ Concern Over EU Digital Services Act

ICMP has joined several international trade bodies in expressing our concern as to the current draft Digital Services Act legislation. Fellow trade bodies representing music, artists, sports, cinema, movies, producers, book publishers photographers an others have written to the EU27 in Council as they finalise negotiations. PDF / Download version here.

Joint Letter on Digital Services Act

Europe’s music and broader creative industries have written a joint letter to EU institutional negotiators from across the European Commission, Parliament and Council (EU27) as to why the proposed ‘Digital Services Act’ legislation falls short of its promised political goals. It’s time to salvage fairer rules for the future Digital Single Marketplace in Europe. Cross-industry […]

Central & Eastern European Publishers’ Congress 2021 (CEEMPC)

Our annual Central and Eastern European Publishers’ Congress (CEEMPC) will take place this year virtually on Tuesday, 19 October, 2pm – 4.30pm CET. The Congress gathers industry and government leaders each year. The purpose is to discuss the latest in music developments, rights management and copyright reforms and other topical issues in Europe. Register here Export […]

Launch: Standardised Cue Sheet for Music in Commercials

As part of the effort to produce a set of recommendations for the appropriate, complete, and accurate reporting of music use and exchange of data between societies and publishers, the Society Publisher Forum (SPF) is delighted to announce the standardised format for Music in Commercial Sheets. Completion comes just a few months after another milestone project: Standardised Music Cue Sheets (for […]