BIEM Key Reports
Business Affairs Report
Every year, BIEM publishes its Business Affairs Report for its members. Written under the auspices of the Management Committee, it outlines its activities, and all resolutions, recommendations and other good practices proposed to the BIEM Community.
The 2022 report was published for the annual General Assembly held in Vienna in June 2022. It also contains the 2022 report on the Societies' anti-piracy activities.
Private Copying Report
23 November 2020 – This unique study provides the most complete and authoritative analysis to date of private copying systems around the world. The Private Copying Global Study 2020 has been produced by BIEM, in partnership with CISAC and Dutch Society Stichting de Thuiskopie. It provides an overview of private copying systems and the legal environment in 194 countries and five continents. The new study also describes the legal and enforcement measures needed to maximise the income they raise for creators and rights holders. It also illustrates the potential economic benefits if levies are effectively implemented to cover digital devices.
90th Anniversary
Tokyo, June 2019 | The Anniversary Report traces the highlights of BIEM, which became international since the late 60s, but it was European at the beginning. It managed to adjust to last on the backdrop of technological developments, economic hazards and legal changes.
From its creation and thanks to its reforms in 1969, 2013 and 2018, BIEM's core activities has been focused on the management of the mechanical reproduction right with the aim to ensure the remuneration of the rights holders.
Management of US Mechanicals
Lisbon, Oct 2018 | The Report on the Management of MR in the USA (prepared for BIEM by Sindee Levin, Esq and team) covers both offline and online aspects of mechanical rights management. It also discusses the new bill (Music Modernization Act – MMA), which was still at the stage of a law proposition, when the report was finalised.
The report includes a two-page guideline to quickly understand how to conduct business in the US mechanical market.
