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Upcoming Event: Symposium on protecting free speech in the global music landscape

24 Feb 2023

On March 3, 2023, FTMI board advisor, Charles Sanders, will be co-hosting an important symposium on political violence against music creators. The event is presented by the National Music Council of the United States and the the International Music Council…

New music shows decreasing popularity in the United States

20 Jul 2022

A new midyear report from the US market monitor Luminate has shown the country’s total album consumption of what they term “current” recorded music fell by 1.4% in the first half of 2022. That’s compared with the same period the…

Victory for music creators over frozen mechanical royalties

30 Mar 2022

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…

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

02 Jun 2021

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…

SoundCloud prepares to launch user-centric streaming model

08 Mar 2021

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 …

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

12 Dec 2020

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…

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

28 Nov 2020

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…

Music creator organizations meet with US Copyright Office

18 Nov 2020

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…

American Music Licensing Collective adheres to Fair Trade Music principles

21 Mar 2019

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…

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

15 Dec 2018

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…