SPEDIDAM in a nutshell
About usFounded in 1959 by five musical performers, SPEDIDAM (Society for the collection and distribution of performers rights) enables them to exercise control over the secondary uses of their recorded performances and to receive additional remuneration for such uses (recordings broadcast in shows, recordings used for film soundtracks, etc.).
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Employees
Employees
115 000
Rightsholders
Rightsholders
59,5 M€
Collections
2023
Collections
2023
41 215
Associates
Associates
7,4 M€
Number of aids awarded
2023
Number of aids awarded
2023
WHAT DOES SPEDIDAM DO FOR YOU?
I am a performer
I am an artistic project creators
The FAIR INTERNET Coalition proposal for the fair remuneration of performers
PROTECTION
In the digital age, performances are made available on a massive scale on demand. Most performers receive no additional payment when their performances are used in the online environment. Indeed, more and more entities benefit from the use of these performances, without giving anything back to those who contributed to them.
Performers (e.g. musicians, actors, dancers, singers…) have been granted an exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the making available to the public on demand of their performances (EU Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC). In practice, however, this right has not been as effective as it should have, as most performers receive no remuneration from these forms of exploitation. For this reason, AEPO-ARTIS, EuroFIA, FIM and IAO call for a measure to be introduced in European law, guaranteeing a specific payment to performers, whenever their performances are made available on demand online to the public. This remuneration should be managed by performers’ collecting societies and paid by the users, i.e. those who make the services available to the public on demand.
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