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🎨 “Creativity takes courage,” said Henri Matisse. 👏 This International Artists’ Day, SCAPR honours artists who enrich our lives with their talent, resilience, and passion, despite the constant challenges they face. At SCAPR, we are dedicated to supporting #CMOs worldwide, ensuring that #performers receive fair remuneration for their invaluable contributions to culture and society. #InternationalArtistsDay #PerformersRights #SupportingCreativity #ArtMatters #InspiringPerformers #CultureAndCreativity

🎬 📢 Last Tuesday, #CMOs representing #actors met in the SCAPR/AEPO-ARTIS Actors' Summit in London, kindly hosted by BRITISH EQUITY COLLECTING SOCIETY LIMITED. This forum is dedicated to sharing issues and best practices in relation to the specific activities of actors' CMOs. This edition had a practical focus on various themes such as collections and AI, with perspectives on local situations provided both by members and external participants. Notable highlights were the participations of Rebecca Bouvier from AUVIBEL cv/sc, who gave an insightful presentation on Belgian and international landscapes regarding Private Copy, and Duncan Crabtree-Ireland from SAG-AFTRA, who shared precious insights regarding the SAG-AFTRA new deal, particularly about actors' protection from the rapid rise of generative AI.   All this with one goal in mind: a better understanding of critical issues for this sector and a fruitful exchange of practices and know-hows between CMOs, to the benefit of their #members. Many thanks to BECS for hosting, Christophe Van Vaerenbergh for convening, and AEPO-ARTIS for co-organizing this event. #ActorsRights #CMOs #PerformersRights #GenerativeAI #PrivateCopy #CollectiveManagement #CreativeIndustries #AIinEntertainment #BestPractices #InternationalCollaboration #CulturalDiversity

🎬 💻 Successful SCAPR Audiovisual Forum Workshop on the Adoption of the VRDB Solution, in Lisboa From 15th to 17th October 2024, SCAPR hosted a hybrid workshop to drive the effective adoption of the VRDB solution among Audiovisual Collective Management Organisations. Kindly hosted by GDA in Lisbon, and chaired by Aleksandar Cvetkovic (Chairman of the SCAPR Databases Committee), Francisco Gimenez and Diederik Mos (Convenor and Vice-Convenor of the SCAPR AV Forum), the event brought together 13 societies, both in-person and remotely, including Adami, AISGE. Artistas Intérpretes Sociedad de Gestión, BRITISH EQUITY COLLECTING SOCIETY LIMITED, CREDIDAM - Romanian Center for Performing Artists Rights Management, Dansk Skuespillerforbund, GDA, GOS, GVL - Gesellschaft zur Verwertung von Leistungsschutzrechten mbH, NORMA, NUOVO IMAIE, PlayRight SC/CV, SWISSPERFORM, and VdFS - Verwertungsgesellschaft der Filmschaffenden.   Through the organisation of such event, SCAPR members can review their strategies for managing data exchange, discussed best practices, and explored enhancements to further improve their VRDB integration. With the collaborative efforts of all involved, the future of global AV performers' rights management looks promising. #AudiovisualCMOs #VRDB #PerformersRights #DataExchange #CMOCollaboration #RightsManagement #CrossBorderRoyalties #CulturalDiversity #GlobalCreativity #IntellectualProperty #DigitalTransformation

📢 We are excited to announce that SoundExchange has become the first non-member #CMO to utilise SCAPR’s International Performer Number (#IPN) Creation tool. This partnership will enhance the accuracy and efficiency of performer data exchanges across the global music industry, ensuring fairer and more transparent royalty distribution. Read more about this collaboration in our joint statement below . #SCAPR #SoundExchange #IPN #MusicRights #PerformerRoyalties #MusicIndustry

🌍 SCAPR 2024 Public Report is Now Live! 📊 We are excited to announce the release of SCAPR's latest public report, highlighting a record €955 million collected in performers' rights by our members in 2023! This achievement reflects the community’s continued efforts to ensure fair remuneration for performers globally.   Key highlights include: - Private Copying, Radio, and TV Broadcasting rights remain the predominant sources of revenue, representing 81% of total collections - €191 million transferred across 47 CMOs, strengthening international exchanges - Expansion of our membership to 61 organizations - Landmark 2024 General Assembly in Johannesburg, SCAPR's first-ever event on the African continent   SCAPR remains dedicated to enhancing global cooperation and ensuring seamless royalty distribution for performers worldwide. Read the full report below:   #PerformersRights #SCAPR #CollectiveManagement #Royalties #GlobalCollaboration #PublicReport2024

🎉 We are excited to announce that MUSICARTES, our Guatemalan member, has officially joined the #IPD community! Last week, Pedro Meléndez, President of MusicArtes, signed the IPD User Agreement alongside Jose Luis Sevillano Romero (Chairman of the SCAPR Board) and Remy Desrosiers (SCAPR Managing Director). MusicArtes, a new SCAPR member since our General Assembly in May, will soon onboard into the database, which currently holds over 1.1 million IPNs, each uniquely identifying a performer. This new signature strengthens the growing footprint of the IPN, further supporting accurate performer identification and ensuring fairer, faster remuneration for #performers worldwide. 🌍🎶 #PerformersRights #IPDB #SCAPR #MusicArtes #GlobalImpact

🎁 That’s a Wrap on the Dublin Working Groups Session!   Over the past four days, SCAPR held 12 meetings with more than 90 participants from 38 different CMOs. As always, it was a highly productive and enriching event.   As is customary, the session concluded with a full-day Board Meeting. Among many other important topics, the board discussed critical issues such as the long-term roadmap for our databases, and the future growth of the SCAPR membership. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the attendees for their unwavering dedication, without which SCAPR could not achieve its major goals. A special thanks to Recorded Artists Actors Performers (RAAP) for flawlessly hosting this session. It is now time to unpack and build on the important work achieved throughout the last 4 days.

🌏 Last day of our Working Groups session in Dublin with a special VRDB workshop. 🌏 💻 VRDB is the SCAPR database where our members can match their repertoire with the recordings actually played in other members' countries, allowing to accurately identify the #CMOs, and down the line the #performers, to be paid for these uses. 🎶 Today, the focus is set on classical music and the rules and practices related to this specific repertoire. The workshop staged good discussions and exchanges on the way for our members to enhance their use of VRDB and maximize the revenues flows between them. thanks a lot to the VRDB support group and especially to Julio-Cesar Alvarez, John Roscoe-Jennings and Jackie Gazzi Holst .

🌍 The Working Groups session continues in Dublin! 🌍 Today’s agenda includes the Business Operations Working Group (BWG), the Databases Committee (DC), and the Cooperation & Development Working Group (CDWG). The BWG continues its dedicated efforts to enhance the exchange of data and remuneration among SCAPR members through best practices, ongoing tool development, and the sharing of expertise. The DC oversees all activities related to SCAPR’s information systems, including IPD, VRDB, and the new technical solutions developed for non-members, such as the IPN Search and IPN Creation Apps. The CDWG will discuss tailored support operations for specific CMOs, with the overarching goal of improving operational efficiency for CMOs worldwide. Thanks to the convenors (Aleksandar Cvetkovic for the DC - Olga Madera Lastra and Greta Ferrario for the BWG - Gregor Stibernik and Laurence Oxenbury for the CDWG) and to the members of the working groups for their invaluable contribution. #WorkingGroups #BusinessOperations #CollectiveManagement #DatabaseManagement #CMOs #PerformersRights #DataExchange #GlobalCooperation #BestPractices #KnowledgeSharing

🌍 Day 2 of the SCAPR Working Groups session in Dublin! 🌍 Today, the Legal Working Group (LWG) and the Technical Working Group (TWG) are convening with full agendas. The LWG will continue to delve into pressing issues impacting CMOs' daily operations, such as artificial intelligence, data protection, and annual supplementary remuneration. Meanwhile, the TWG will focus on the future development of our databases, #IPD and #VRDB, in order to enhance user experience, data quality and security. Although these groups naturally address different issues, they share a common goal: providing valuable support and insight to CMOs as they navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of #performersrights. Thanks to the convenors (Camilla Waite and Milan ter Weijden for the LWG - Sander Teekens and Konstantin Vogel for the TWG) and to the members of the working groups for their invaluable contribution. Talking about invaluable contribution, we would like to honor Torben Didriksen for his invaluable contributions to the SCAPR community over the past three decades. Today, he participated in his final in-person TWG meeting as he approaches his well-deserved retirement. Farewell Torben! #Performers #CollectiveManagement