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500,000 creators are changing the music business

20 Apr 2017

Truth, Technology, Money and Music: How 500,000 Creators are Changing the Business. For the first time, music creators around the world are working together on initiatives for a fair, sustainable and transparent music ecosystem. Eddie Schwartz, songwriter and chair of…

How can we get fair value for music in the digital economy?

10 Mar 2017

Eddie Schwartz, songwriter and chair of Fair Trade Music International, presents an overview of the history and objectives of the campaign to create an equitable music economy. This took place at the offices of SOCAN, the Canadian copyright collective that…

Focus on Fair Trade Music International at the CISAC general assembly

03 Jun 2016

At the recent CISAC general assemby in Paris, Fair Trade Music international director and president of CIAM Lorenzo Ferrero took the stage as part of a creators’ panel. He used this opportunity to update the delegates on the latest development…

Fair Trade Music progress reviewed at CIAM Executive Committee in New York City

12 May 2016

On May 11th-12th, the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) held their Executive Committee meeting in New York City. Fair Trade Music is the primary global campaign by the music creators council, advocating for increased transparency and fair compensation for…

Eddie Schwartz promotes Fair Trade Music initiative at FIM-MUJ online music conference

17 Dec 2015

On 16-17 December, Eddie Schwartz, Co-Chair of Music Composers North America (MCNA) and President of the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC), was invited to speak at the “International Conference on Online Music” jointly organised by the International Federation of Musicians…

Fair Trade Music discussing the music economy in Siena, Italy

Fair Trade Music certification process reviewed at CIAM Congress in Siena

15 Oct 2015

On October 15th, the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) held its annual congress in Siena. Created in 1966, CIAM protects the rights and asserts the cultural aspirations of music creators. CIAM is the united voice of music creators around…

Eddie Schwartz discusses the challenge for creators in protecting their rights today

12 Jul 2015

At an event hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland last year, Canadian songwriter Eddie Schwartz gave his view on the key challenge for creators in protecting their rights today.

Fair Trade Music reaches Japan

27 Nov 2014

At the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC), Fair Trade Music International was high on the agenda during a full week of events. The International Council of Music Authors (CIAM) represented the…

Songwriter Desmond Child pledges support for Fair Trade Music

18 Nov 2014

Fair Trade Music was discussed at last night’s ASCAP Centennial Awards in New York City. “My song ‘Livin’ on a Prayer,’ which I co-wrote with Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, got six and a half million plays in the…

CNN addresses songwriters remuneration and Fair Trade Music

13 Nov 2014

CNN covered Fair Trade Music and the issues facing songwriters remuneration from digital distribution this morning. In the piece, it was reported that Desmond Child has said he’s working with other songwriters such as Eddie Schwartz, who penned Pat Benatar’s…