Representation to Registrar of Copyrights on Guidelines for Examination of Sound Recording Works
IMI stated in its representation that the Copyright Office should conduct a comprehensive review of the voluntary registration system to minimise possible negative consequences highlighted in its representation. IMI also submitted recommendations on the draft Guidelines for Examination of Sound Recording Works.
The full representation can be found here.
IMI Forms Eastern Working Group
March 09, 2018
Kolkata – The Indian Music Industry the apex body that represents the recorded music industry on a pan India basis has formed an Eastern Working Group to specifically look into the challenges faced by the recorded music industry in Eastern India.
The working group will comprise of Mr. D. Lahri (Director, Asha Audio), Mr. Prem Kumar Gupta (Director, Raga Music) and Mr. Biplab Updhaya (Sr. Manager, Times Music). And a board member of IMI, Mr. Devraj Sanyal (MD & CEO, UMG) will be the Sherpa of the eastern working group.
Mr. Lahri (Asha Audio) said “he welcomes the formation of EWG and looks forward to holding regular interactions with the IMI Board, the IMI members from Eastern India and finding various solutions to improve the business of the eastern India record companies”.
Mr. Blaise Fernandes (President IMI) said “his first task was to organise a number of workshops for members in eastern India to acquaint them on the ever-changing digital landscape, which is a huge opportunity for the music labels , alongside working with the cyber-crime cells of the various states in Eastern India to tackle digital piracy”
Music charts
2016: Global Recorded Music Industry
$15.68 bn 5.9%
global trade revenues for the Growth compared
recorded music industry in 2016 to 2015
Global trends
The story of the recorded music industry continues to be one of transformation: from physical to digital; downloads to streaming; ownership to access.
India trends
The Indian music industry continues to shift towards digital consumption in the advent of cheaper data rates, better digital infrastructure and availability of curated platforms. As a result, over 70% of the total revenue is generated from digital consumption of music in India as opposed to 50% globally.*
Data protection whitepaper
The letter can be found here