авторски права

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has unveiled a new monetization feature that seeks to share revenue between music artists and content creators on the social media platform. 

Music Revenue Sharing is designed to make it easier for creators to monetize videos even when using licensed music, with Meta championing it as “the first of its kind within the music industry,” helping the site’s content creators “access more popular music, deepening relationships with their fans.”

Lesser-known songwriters ordered to pay legal costs after court rejected accusations Shape of You ripped off their song.

Ed Sheeran and his co-songwriters have been awarded more than £900,000 in legal costs after winning their high court copyright trial over the hit Shape of You earlier this year.

New FAQs on copyright for teachers: The EUIPO Observatory has launched a new web page to guide European teachers and students on their copyright journey

The world of education has undergone profound changes in the past decade, particularly when it comes to online teaching practices. The increased digitalisation of this sector has been further accelerated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. New opportunities and challenges have created legal uncertainty in the educational community about the resources they can or cannot use in day-to-day educational practice.

The Boss has reportedly struck a deal with Sony Music

Bruce Springsteen has sold his masters and publishing rights to Sony Music in a combined deal worth around $500million (£377m), it has been reported.

According to Billboard, the sale will give the company ownership of the musician’s entire back catalogue which includes 20 studio albums, 300 songs, 7 EPs, 23 live records and more.

A Patent box is a special very low corporate tax regime used by several countries to incentivise research and development by taxing patent revenues differently from other commercial revenues. It is also known as intellectual property box regime, innovation box or IP box.