Musicians 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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