NMPA_International_Survey_12th_Edition
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APPENDIX<br />
C<br />
ITALY UPDATE<br />
<strong>NMPA</strong> INTERNATIONAL SURVEY TWELTH EDITION APPENDIX C: U.K., JAPAN, GERMANY, FRANCE, CANADA, ITALY AND SPAIN UPDATES<br />
The Italian music market had another down year<br />
in 2002. According to IFPI figures, the market lost<br />
7.8% in units to 48.7 million,with a corresponding<br />
loss in value of 8.6% to i586.3 million ($551.8 million).<br />
Italy’s anti-piracy body, FPM, released its annual<br />
report on January 15, 2003, finding that some 1,500<br />
arrests for copyright infringement took place in 2002,<br />
up 194% from the previous year. In addition,anti-piracy<br />
operations undertaken by law-enforcement agencies<br />
increased by 124%, and the number of illegal CDs<br />
seized was up by 74% to more than 2 million. The activity<br />
follows the late 2000 passage of stricter copyright<br />
infringement legislation.<br />
According to industry estimates,piracy accounts for<br />
23% of the Italian market, with FPM claiming a rate of<br />
over 50% in the southern part of the country. The high<br />
cost of CDs continues to be an issue, with the industry<br />
still hoping the Italian parliament will reduce the 20%<br />
VAT on recordings.<br />
As part of an initiative to cut CD prices, Universal<br />
Music Italy reduced the price of a large number of its<br />
titles to between i5-15 ($4.93-14.78). The initiative,<br />
which ran through November 2002, was designed to<br />
reap sales of 2 million copies on more than 600 local<br />
and international titles in the Universal catalog.<br />
Italian concert revenues grew 40% in 2002 to i102<br />
million euros ($110.34 million), according to<br />
Assomusica,an organization representing an estimated<br />
80% of the country’s live music producers and organizers.<br />
Much of the increase was due to the musical<br />
“Notre Dame de Paris,” which alone sold over 700,000<br />
tickets. Assomusica said that absent “Notre Dame,” the<br />
final 2002 figure would have represented about a 10%<br />
increase over 2001.<br />
Assomusica has joined with the Italian music industry<br />
to campaign for the government to acknowledge<br />
music as a “cultural activity.” Such a classification would<br />
bring with it fiscal benefits; for example, live music’s<br />
lack of cultural status means that concert promoters<br />
must pay a 10% fee to collecting society SIAE, along<br />
with an additional 10% sales tax on every ticket sold.<br />
Assomusica has submitted proposals to the Italian government<br />
with regard to the country's long-awaited<br />
Music Bill,which contains a number of initiatives aimed<br />
at assisting and regulating the Italian music business.<br />
The Italian parliament is considering legislation<br />
that would introduce airplay quotas of 50% for domestic<br />
music. Three lobbying groups—RNA, representing<br />
the national radio networks, and FRT and Aeranti-<br />
Corallo, which represent local stations—made a joint<br />
presentation in January 2002 to the parliament’s<br />
Culture Committee arguing against such a measure,<br />
saying that 15% of the country’s radio stations already<br />
play Italian music exclusively, while its national networks<br />
play an average of 37.7% Italian music.FIMI says<br />
the record industry would accept a 40% quota, but<br />
maintains that it should apply to new domestic artists.<br />
The proposed quota is part of various proposals<br />
connected to Italy’s long-delayed Music Bill. Other proposals<br />
currently under examination by the Culture<br />
Committee include tax incentives and the establishment<br />
of an export office, patterned after the one in<br />
France.<br />
The Main Organizations of the Italian Music Industry Are:<br />
FEDERAZIONE INDUSTRIA<br />
MUSICALE ITALIANA (FIMI)<br />
OFFICERS:<br />
GENERAL MANAGER:<br />
Enzo Mazza<br />
PRESIDENT:<br />
Alberto Pojaghi<br />
Founded in June 1992 with the<br />
aim of protecting and promoting<br />
the music industry’s collective<br />
interests, both at the national and<br />
international levels, FIMI is the official<br />
recording industry association<br />
of Italy.<br />
FIMI has established three permanent<br />
operating units to better<br />
serve its members: public affairs,<br />
communications and public relations.<br />
In addition, to better fight<br />
piracy,the organization has formed<br />
a centralized unit, the Federation<br />
Against Music Piracy (FPM), with<br />
its own head office and staff.<br />
Currently, 105 Italian companies,<br />
including both major and<br />
independent record companies<br />
accounting for about 90% of the<br />
Italian market, are members of<br />
FIMI, which is associated with the<br />
<strong>International</strong> Federation of the<br />
Phonographic Industry (IFPI).<br />
FIMI<br />
Largo Augusto, 3<br />
20122 Milan ITALY<br />
Tel: 39 2 795 879<br />
Fax: 39 2 799 673<br />
Website: www.fimi.it<br />
E-mail: info@fimi.it<br />
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