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Fair Trade Music

30 Mar 2022

Victory for music creators over frozen mechanical royalties

Our colleagues in the U.S. reported yesterday that the country’s Copyright Royalty Board has rejected the proposal to freeze mechanical and download royalty rates made by corporate giants in the record and music publishing industry. These groups had argued that…

02 Jun 2021

FTMI signs “Declaration to End Anti-Black Racism in the Canadian Music Industry”

Toronto, Canada – 2 Jun 2021: Fair Trade Music International (FTMI) has become the latest organization to sign the “Declaration to End Anti-Black Racism in the Canadian Music Industry” on the one-year anniversary of #BlackOutTuesday. This virtual signing event was…

08 Mar 2021

SoundCloud prepares to launch user-centric streaming model

SoundCloud, the digital audio distribution platform based in Berlin, is to become the first service of its kind to switch to a user-centric royalty model for 100,000 of its indie artists. Under this system, the amounts paid to artists are …

12 Dec 2020

“Right now, hit songwriters are driving Ubers” Reports BBC

The UK inquiry into the economics of music streaming continued this week with MPs hearing more testimony from songwriters. Fiona Bevan has released a number of her own albums and also co-written songs such as “Little Things” which became a…

28 Nov 2020

The current streaming economy is “threatening the future of music”

The UK government has been conducting an enquiry into the economics of music streaming. This week, the UK digital, culture, media and sport select committee heard testimony from a number of prominent songwriters. each of whom repeated the message that…

18 Nov 2020

Music creator organizations meet with US Copyright Office

On 13 November, Fair Trade Music board members, Rick Carnes and Eddie Schwartz met with the United States Copyright Office in their roles as SGA President and MCNA President respectively. They were joined by SCL president, Ashley Irwin and by…

21 Mar 2019

American Music Licensing Collective adheres to Fair Trade Music principles

Fair Trade Music International welcomes the American Music Licensing Collective (AMLC) as a Fair Trade Music partner organization with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The AMLC is currently working to be designated as the Mechanical Licensing Collective…

15 Dec 2018

Fair Trade Music International Chair shares new affiliate strategy at global music creators assembly

In Mexico City last week, the Chair of Fair Trade Music International, Safwan Javed, addressed music creators from over 30 countries to share news of the movement’s new affiliate program. In Mexico City for the International Council of Music Creators…

23 Oct 2018

Sara Forslund’s new album to be Sweden’s first Fair Trade Music certified release

On 9 November, Sara Forslund’s new album “Summer is like a Swallow” will become Sweden’s first Fair Trade Music International certified release. Sara Forslund was born in a small village called Borgvattnet in the northern part of Sweden and has…

09 Oct 2018

Fair Trade Music welcomes Amarrass Records

Amarrass Records has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fair Trade Music International to become the latest recognized supporter of the important movement. Based in New Delhi, India and Madison, Wisconsin, Amarrass Records is an independent and fair trade record…