European Musicians Hit Out At U.S. Streamers Over Buy Outs And Rights Deals
deadline.comMusicians want the international streamers to change their tune in Europe. Today, European songwriters and composers met with Members of the European Parliament to express their concerns with how non-EU-based streamers — who include international streamers such as Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+ and HBO Max — are doing business in the continent.
They raised the alarm about the growing number of buy-out and work-for-hire contracts being imposed on them by the major streamers.
In effect, they claim these contracts force them to waive their copyright and/or authors’ rights in full or partially, cutting them out of future royalties.
Producers have been engaged in a similar battle with SVoDs, foregoing future international distribution revenues for their shows and receiving larger upfront production fees in their place.
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