Musicians group get court declarations over pay for performers from public broadcasts

The declarations require that the right to remuneration accorded to owners of sound recordings publicly broadcast in Ireland must be “equally accorded” to all performers whose performances are included on the recordings. File photo

A musicians’ group has obtained important High Court declarations in its long-running dispute with a record companies organisation over sums payable to performers from licence fees collected for the public broadcast and performance of their work.

The declarations include that a 2006 EC Directive concerning rental and lending rights, and certain intellectual property copyright rights, require that the right to remuneration accorded to owners of sound recordings publicly broadcast in Ireland must be “equally accorded” to all performers whose performances are included on the recordings.