Music 4.5 - Hanna Grzeszczyk, Founder & CEO, Media IP Rights The Neighbouring Rights dichotomy Neighbouring rights in the USA are still far from reaching the European level of protection for artists, meanwhile in terms of actual money collected, the USA still holds the 1st position for global collection. What might change for Neighbouring Rights?

2. • Right to equitable remuneration for Broadcast
(terrestrial & digital)
• Right to equitable remuneration for
communication to the public
• Satellite broadcasting and cable retransmission
• Blank tape/private copying levy
• Rental Rights
• Audiovisual

3. • 1st Q2016 $189.3m
• 1st Q2017 $161.9m
• 1st Q2018 $189.9m
Total collection by year:
• 2016 $952m
• 2017 $717m
(Source: Sound Exchange)

4. GERMANY:
• 2016 Euro 271m
• 2017 (not available yet)
UK:
• 2016 GBP 212m
• 2017 GBP 218m
FRANCE:
2016 Euro 235m
2017 Euro 218m (this is not a final figure yet)
(Source: GVL,PPL, SCPP)

5. • A Classical Act Proposal (CLASSICS)– introduction of
federal copyright protection for artists who recorded
prior and post 15th February 1972
• The Allocation for Music Producers Act (AMP) –
recognition of rights of record producers and engineers
to receive direct payments from Sound Exchange
• Introduction of “willing buyer, willing seller” rate
standard for all digital platforms – artists and
rightsholders get fair market value for their work
Intruder:
ACCESS Act (Accessibility for Curators, Creators,
Educators, Scholars and Society to Recordings Act) has
recently been proposed instead of CLASSICS