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ALCAM presents Fair Trade Music to musicians and authors at Guatemala meeting

28 May 2018

The Latin American Alliance of Music Authors (ALCAM) held its first meeting of 2018 in the capital of Guatemala on 27 April, led by its president, Alejandro Guarello. The meeting began with a two-part “your work, your right” seminar in…

How significant is the “value gap” and can it be fixed?

21 Jul 2017

Creators, record labels and music publishers are complaining that large internet companies do not compensate rights holders fairly by using loopholes in legislation around the world. Is this “value grab” really significant? How does it affect rights holders? And what…

Fair Trade Music high on the agenda at CIAM executive committee in Lisbon

13 Jun 2017

The International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) held their executive committee meeting in Lisobon, Portugal this week and Fair Trade Music International was high on their agenda. FTMI Chair and CIAM co-vice president Eddie Schwartz attended with fellow director and…

500,000 creators are changing the music business

20 Apr 2017

Truth, Technology, Money and Music: How 500,000 Creators are Changing the Business. For the first time, music creators around the world are working together on initiatives for a fair, sustainable and transparent music ecosystem. Eddie Schwartz, songwriter and chair of…

How can we get fair value for music in the digital economy?

10 Mar 2017

Eddie Schwartz, songwriter and chair of Fair Trade Music International, presents an overview of the history and objectives of the campaign to create an equitable music economy. This took place at the offices of SOCAN, the Canadian copyright collective that…

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes release world’s first “Fair Trade Music” certified product

02 Jul 2016

“PersonA”, the new album by Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeroes has become the world’s first release to carry the “Fair Trade Music” certification. The band’s label Community Music, chose to split the profits from all album sales equally between…

Focus on Fair Trade Music International at the CISAC general assembly

03 Jun 2016

At the recent CISAC general assemby in Paris, Fair Trade Music international director and president of CIAM Lorenzo Ferrero took the stage as part of a creators’ panel. He used this opportunity to update the delegates on the latest development…

Fair Trade Music progress reviewed at CIAM Executive Committee in New York City

12 May 2016

On May 11th-12th, the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) held their Executive Committee meeting in New York City. Fair Trade Music is the primary global campaign by the music creators council, advocating for increased transparency and fair compensation for…

Eddie Schwartz promotes Fair Trade Music initiative at FIM-MUJ online music conference

17 Dec 2015

On 16-17 December, Eddie Schwartz, Co-Chair of Music Composers North America (MCNA) and President of the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC), was invited to speak at the “International Conference on Online Music” jointly organised by the International Federation of Musicians…

Fair Trade Music discussing the music economy in Siena, Italy

Fair Trade Music certification process reviewed at CIAM Congress in Siena

15 Oct 2015

On October 15th, the International Council of Music Creators (CIAM) held its annual congress in Siena. Created in 1966, CIAM protects the rights and asserts the cultural aspirations of music creators. CIAM is the united voice of music creators around…