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APPENDIX C ITALY UPDATE NMPA INTERNATIONAL SURVEY TWELTH EDITION APPENDIX C: U.K., JAPAN, GERMANY, FRANCE, CANADA, ITALY AND SPAIN UPDATES The Italian music market had another down year in 2002. According to IFPI figures, the market lost 7.8% in units to 48.7 million,with a corresponding loss in value of 8.6% to i586.3 million ($551.8 million). Italy’s anti-piracy body, FPM, released its annual report on January 15, 2003, finding that some 1,500 arrests for copyright infringement took place in 2002, up 194% from the previous year. In addition,anti-piracy operations undertaken by law-enforcement agencies increased by 124%, and the number of illegal CDs seized was up by 74% to more than 2 million. The activity follows the late 2000 passage of stricter copyright infringement legislation. According to industry estimates,piracy accounts for 23% of the Italian market, with FPM claiming a rate of over 50% in the southern part of the country. The high cost of CDs continues to be an issue, with the industry still hoping the Italian parliament will reduce the 20% VAT on recordings. As part of an initiative to cut CD prices, Universal Music Italy reduced the price of a large number of its titles to between i5-15 ($4.93-14.78). The initiative, which ran through November 2002, was designed to reap sales of 2 million copies on more than 600 local and international titles in the Universal catalog. Italian concert revenues grew 40% in 2002 to i102 million euros ($110.34 million), according to Assomusica,an organization representing an estimated 80% of the country’s live music producers and organizers. Much of the increase was due to the musical “Notre Dame de Paris,” which alone sold over 700,000 tickets. Assomusica said that absent “Notre Dame,” the final 2002 figure would have represented about a 10% increase over 2001. Assomusica has joined with the Italian music industry to campaign for the government to acknowledge music as a “cultural activity.” Such a classification would bring with it fiscal benefits; for example, live music’s lack of cultural status means that concert promoters must pay a 10% fee to collecting society SIAE, along with an additional 10% sales tax on every ticket sold. Assomusica has submitted proposals to the Italian government with regard to the country's long-awaited Music Bill,which contains a number of initiatives aimed at assisting and regulating the Italian music business. The Italian parliament is considering legislation that would introduce airplay quotas of 50% for domestic music. Three lobbying groups—RNA, representing the national radio networks, and FRT and Aeranti- Corallo, which represent local stations—made a joint presentation in January 2002 to the parliament’s Culture Committee arguing against such a measure, saying that 15% of the country’s radio stations already play Italian music exclusively, while its national networks play an average of 37.7% Italian music.FIMI says the record industry would accept a 40% quota, but maintains that it should apply to new domestic artists. The proposed quota is part of various proposals connected to Italy’s long-delayed Music Bill. Other proposals currently under examination by the Culture Committee include tax incentives and the establishment of an export office, patterned after the one in France. The Main Organizations of the Italian Music Industry Are: FEDERAZIONE INDUSTRIA MUSICALE ITALIANA (FIMI) OFFICERS: GENERAL MANAGER: Enzo Mazza PRESIDENT: Alberto Pojaghi Founded in June 1992 with the aim of protecting and promoting the music industry’s collective interests, both at the national and international levels, FIMI is the official recording industry association of Italy. FIMI has established three permanent operating units to better serve its members: public affairs, communications and public relations. In addition, to better fight piracy,the organization has formed a centralized unit, the Federation Against Music Piracy (FPM), with its own head office and staff. Currently, 105 Italian companies, including both major and independent record companies accounting for about 90% of the Italian market, are members of FIMI, which is associated with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). FIMI Largo Augusto, 3 20122 Milan ITALY Tel: 39 2 795 879 Fax: 39 2 799 673 Website: www.fimi.it E-mail: info@fimi.it 56
APPENDIX C SOCIETA ITALIANA DEGLI AUTORI ED EDITORI (SIAE) OFFICERS: Commissioner: Mauro Masi SIAE is the Italian society for authors and publishers. Its origins date back to 1882, when it was formed in Milan by a group including composer Giuseppe Verdi. In 1926 it relocated to Rome; during the same year it joined the Confédération Internationale des Sociétés d’Auteurs et Compositeurs (CISAC). At present SIAE is linked to more than 100 societies throughout the world and extends its protection to foreign authors’ works entrusted to these societies, provided that these are protected in Italy according to the rules provided for by the Italian law or by the international conventions to which Italy is a party: the Berne Convention of 1886 and the Universal Copyright Convention of 1952. (Berne Convention dated 9 September 1886 and Universal Copyright Convention dated 6 October 1952). SIAE Viale della Letteratura 30 c.a.p. 00144 Rome ITALY Tel.: 39-06-5990-1 Fax: 39-06-59.64.70.52 Website: www.siae.it ASSOCIAZIONE DEI FONO- GRAFICI ITALIANI (AFI) OFFICERS: President: Franco Bixio Vice-Presidents: Bruno Barbone, Roberto Dane, Sergio Pisano A.F.I. is a free syndicate of producers of sound and video music media (records, music cassettes, compact discs, videoclips and any other medium suitable for the recording of sound and/or images). A.F.I. is an apolitical, non-profit association whose purpose is to promote the collective interests of the music industry. The organization was established in 1933. On November 14th of the same year, the “International Federation of the Record Industry” was founded in Rome and, at the same time,several national groups, including the Italian one, were set up. The IFRI disappeared during the war years and was re-established through the initiative of seven companies on October 1st, 1948,under the name Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani. A.F.I. membership has since grown to 226 companies, representing all the branches of the Italian music industry. All members of the association have equal rights, according to the provisions of Confindustria (the Italian Industrial Confederation), which recognizes A.F.I. as the only association representing the record industry. A.F.I. is responsible for negotiations with SIAE for the agreements regulating the exploitation of musical productions, for the purpose of recording them on phonographic media. These functions are performed within the framework of the international agreements with BIEM. The association also assists SIAE in its anti-piracy activities. A.F.I. Via Vittor Pisani 10 20124 Milan ITALY Tel: 39 2 669 6263 Fax: 39 2 670 5059 Website: www.afi.mi.it E-mail: afi@afi.mi.it EDITORI MUSICALI ASSOCIATI (EMA) OFFICERS: President: Adriano Solaro EMA is a member company of the International Confederation of Music Publishers. EMA Piazza del Liberty 2 20121 Milan ITALY Tel.: 39 2 79 64 73 Fax: 39 2 00 25 30 ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA DEGLI EDITORI DI MUSICA (AIDEM) OFFICERS: President: Maurizio Corecha AIDEM is a trade association that acts on behalf of the music publishing industry. AIDEM Piazza Verbano 22 00199, Rome ITALY Tel.: 39 6 908-3396 Fax: 39 6 908-3398 NMPA INTERNATIONAL SURVEY TWELTH EDITION APPENDIX C: U.K., JAPAN, GERMANY, FRANCE, CANADA, ITALY AND SPAIN UPDATES 57
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