Photo Credit: EMRA The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have established the first collective management society—the Emirates Music Rights Association (EMRA). Recent legislative and regulatory action on the UAE grants a collective management license to EMRA, […]
Photo Credit: Minh Luu The IFPI has launched the first official music charts for Southeast Asia covering six countries—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The launch of the chart for both the Philippines […]
Hamburg, Germany. Photo Credit: Claudio Testa Amid an ongoing industry push to decommission stream rippers, a German appellate court has upheld a ruling against the web-hosting provider behind YouTube-DL. The International Federation of the Phonographic […]
Photo Credit: Neven Myst Major labels are celebrating a court order blocking BitTorrent trackers in Bulgaria. Here’s the latest. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) represents the recorded music industry worldwide, alongside the […]
Photo Credit: IFPI IFPI releases a statement on the European Commission’s calls to strengthen intellectual property protection and enforcement in “priority countries” China, India, and Turkey. The European Commission has published the 2023 edition of […]
Milan’s Cathedral Square. Photo Credit: Tom Podmore In July of 2022, the IFPI celebrated an Italian court’s interim injunction against Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), which the industry representative accused of “making it possible for users to […]
Mumbai, India. Photo Credit: Hardik Joshi The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is touting what it describes as “the first successful blocking action” against stream-ripping websites in India. The IFPI and the aptly […]
Photo Credit: IFPI IFPI launches ‘The Official MENA Chart’ spanning 13 countries, bringing definitive ranking to the region across all major streaming platforms. IFPI has announced the launch of The Official MENA Chart, the first […]
Photo Credit: IFPI The IFPI has released its ‘Engaging with Music’ report for 2022, revealing how people are consuming music. The report is based on the responses of more than 44,000 people across 22 countries […]
Pictured: Fawzi Abdulaziz Aljaberi- Director of Intellectual Works Department, UAE Ministry of Economy Trademarks, and Intellectual Works Department; Moe Hamzeh (Managing Director, Warner Music Middle East); Patrick Boulos (CEO, Universal Music MENA); H.E. Abdulaziz Alnuaimi […]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo Credit: David Rodrigo The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is now the “fastest growing music region in the world,” according to the IFPI, which is preparing to roll out […]