CISAC’s general assembly is set to meet in Lisbon to discuss the future of the creative industry and to urge Governments to legislate for fair remuneration.
CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, is the world’s leading network of authors’ societies and the collective voice of over four million creators worldwide.
Over 200 leading creators and society heads will participate at the gathering as the confederation calls on Governments across the globe to legislate for the ‘vaue gap’ and ensure fair pay for music authors, screenwriters, directors and visual artists.
CISAC president Jean-Michel Jarre said: “Globalisation has seen an increasing concentration of tech giants with immense power to get creative content on the cheap. CISAC looks to governments to get this right: to channel fair value for creative works to the creators who made them, and not the digital platforms that exploit legal loopholes to make money from them”.
CISAC director general Gadi Oron added: “Societies must have a fair market environment in which to license their repertoire. But the picture today is far from fair. A number of digital platforms, which dominate content distribution, are using out-dated laws or legal loopholes to avoid royalty payments and amass huge revenues on the backs of creators. This anomalous situation must be fixed.”
On Thursday, CISAC will publish its annual report, providing a comprehensive overview of its fight for fair remuneration over the past 12 months.
