BECAUSE CULTURE IS A VALUABLE ASSET.
A major reform of SWISSPERFORM's bodies was approved at the Delegates' Assembly on June 19, 2024. The new Articles of Association will come into force on January 1, 2025.
The SWISSPERFORM Board of Directors has taken the decision to part ways with long-standing Managing Director Poto Wegener. This decision is the result of in-depth consultations in the course of the ongoing restructuring and digitalization of SWISSPERFORM.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) is organizing the event: CLTR 2024 on creative work, AI and platforms on 5 November 2024 at the Congress Center Basel.
The acting awards «PRIX SWISSPERFORM 2024» go to Dominique Devenport, Arcadi Radeff, Stéphane Erös and Carol Schuler. Congratulations!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Our offices are closed from December 23rd to January 2nd. We will be back at your disposal on January 3rd, 2024.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) is the Federal Government's central contact point for patents, trademarks, indications of source, design protection and copyright. The IPI is conducting a survey on AI and copyright together with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
Since 2017, new distribution rules apply to the calculation of remunerations for audio performers (commercially published phonograms and music videos). This year, for the first time, the limitation period for the remuneration for the usage of rights in 2017 will expire.
SWISSPERFORM has decided to collaborate with the internationally known agency Peermusic for the international claiming of remuneration for its members (phonogram producers).
At the beginning of the year, SWISSPERFORM concluded its first bilateral agreement in the field of phonogram producers with the UK sister society PPL. The agreement provides for a bilateral exchange of remuneration starting (retroactively) as from usage year 2022.
On 7 and 8 March 2023, SWISSPERFORM had the privilege of hosting a VRDB workshop for AV societies initialized by the international umbrella organization SCAPR.
The acting awards «PRIX SWISSPERFORM 2023» go to David Constantin, Clarina Sierro, Meryl Marty and Lale Yavaş.
A new reciprocal representation agreement has been concluded with the Italian sister collecting society NUOVOIMAIE.
Our members «Audio performers» have received the letters about the main distribution of the remuneration from radio usage (2021).
Remunerations for uses in the past year have been executed.
SCAPR is very proud to launch the SCAPR Executive Report 2022. This report presents consolidated key figures of SCAPR community.
By way of official decree dated 21 October 2021, the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) authorised the changes in the Distribution Rules for the Audio Producers of SWISSPERFORM.
