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European musicians meet with VP Commissioner Kroes to discuss artists’ rights

Posted by Kelvin on Mar 29, 2011 at 18:07

A group of European artists yesterday met with Vice-President Commissioner Kroes at the initiative of Younison to present their joint Call for Action to protect European music artists. The delegation recommended to the Commissioner that the six points contained in the Call for Action be included in the proposed Framework Directive on Collective Rights Management, to ensure that artists are promptly and accurately rewarded for the exploitation of their work within the EU.

The meeting followed a lunch debate in the European Parliament, during which artists shared with the MEPs their experiences as to how their rights have been managed in the past and suggestions as to how they should be managed in the future.

The delegation included Kelvin Smits (Cinérex, Director Younison), Mark Kelly (Marillion, CEO FAC), Crispin Hunt (Longpigs, Board Director FAC), Jeremy Silver (Senior Adviser, FAC) and Yuri Dokter (Director, DJ Monitor).

Commissioner Kroes later said via Twitter that the group “asked for increased transparency & fairer distribution of royalties. I agree. They have big ideas for the future”.

Kelvin Smits, Younison Director said “This new EU law will be pivotal in determining how artists receive their royalties and are informed by their national collecting societies. Younison has already met with Commissioner Kroes’ team in the past and this second meeting assured us that she supports the rights of artists”.

Mark Kelly, CEO of FAC added “We’re very excited to be collaborating with Younison and our meeting with Commissioner Kroes was extremely positive. It’s great to see the European Commission take a lead in progressive thinking”.

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