The Town is the first privately funded music festival to receive the ECAD seal of recognition (Central Collection and Distribution Office), launched in 2023, for the respect of composers and artists e enhance copyright.
The largest music, culture and art festival in Italy St. Paul in its first edition has entered into a partnership to remunerate the composers who will have their songs performed on the stages set up by the city of musicto the Interlagos circuit, during its five days. With this initiative, the The city follow the example of Rock in Riowhich pays royalties for public performance of music since its first edition, there are 38 years old.
“The City is an example for other festivals in Brazil and it is very representative that, in its first edition, it is already a partner of ECAD in this national campaign to recognize the payment of music royalties. The seal was created to recognize festivals that adopt good practices by valuing music and paying its creators. The entire collective management, formed by ECAD and the associations that manage us, raises a flag on the market so that event organizers are aware of the importance of this payment for the maintenance of music is always alive and to guarantee the rights of those who live it”he said Isabel Amorimexecutive superintendent of ecad.
According to Roberta Medina, Vice President Brand Reputation of rock worldit is a topic of extreme importance for the organization of the The city: “One of the major problems of the music industry nowadays is its free consumption, which makes the consumer many times over
they have no perception of the work as a whole. It is essential to recognize all the phases and professionalism of this chain, also at a financial level. And this work must start from the ground up. Not the financial issue, but also the lack of women in leadership positions in the music industry, for example. We are happy to receive the seal and set an example for the whole market, as has been our practice since the first edition of Rock in Rio in 1985″account.
OR The city debut in St. Paul in the day September 2nd and it goes on for days 3, 7, 9 and 10to the Interlagos circuit. It is expected to receive approx. 500 thousand people Above 235 hours of musicTHE city of music will feature six stages and the audience will be able to immerse themselves in new and unforgettable experiences.
The festival will feature artists of national and international expression, such as Alok, Ludmilla, Pitty, Pabllo Vittar, Marina Sena, Post Malone, Maroon 5, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars AND Demi Lovatoamong many others already confirmed in align.
OR Identification seal guaranteed by Ecad foi was created this year and aims to enhance the conduct of festivals that take place throughout the national territory. This is an initiative in favor of composers, who do not always go on stage at festivals, as performers and accompanying musicians and, without them, the events would not be possible.
Every time a concert is held, the promoters have to pay royalties for the public use of the music and send it to the ecad the scripts of the songs reproduced in the shows so that the values of copyright can be identified and disseminated.
Of all the amounts collected by ECAD, 85% is distributed to composers AND 15% goes to collective music management (6% to music associations and 9% to ECAD for operating expenses and activities throughout Brazil).
Source: Terra
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