9 August 2023 Senator David Pocock has introduced a private member’s bill seeking to amend the Copyright Act to remove a long standing 1% cap, which limits the...
31 January 2022 Jana Gibson has been appointed as Head of Program Delivery for the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia. CBAA’s CEO, Jon Bisset, says, “We are incredibly fortunate...
9 September 2019 In a joint initiative, APRA AMCOS and PPCA have launched OneMusic Australia offering joint public performance licences that will mean the end of separate licence...
5 November 2018 Copyright collecting societies may be on their way out, as a new era of digital rights management looms. Paying music rights for new audio delivery...
19 October 2018 It was a surprise to many to see CRA CEO Joan Warner on stage flanked by two music industry heavies, Dan Rosen, CEO of ARIA and Dean Ormston, Chief...
30 August 2018 Opinion from Brad Smart I don’t like the idea of government-imposed quotas of any kind …never have. To me they’re demeaning to those they’re supposed...
20 March 2018 At the music industry's BIGSOUND Conference last year concerns were raised about some stations not meeting their Australian music quota obligations. Under the Commercial...
4 October 2017 Australian singer/songwriters have seen a bumper year for royalties, with record royalty collections driven by exponential streaming growth, and royalty payments increasing by 17.7% on last year....
2 August 2014 Entries are now open for the 2014 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition, the largest charity songwriting competition in the world. With thanks to Alberts and...
18 June 2014 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has reauthorised the Australasian Performing Right Association’s (APRA) arrangements for the acquisition and licensing of performing rights in music...
