The music industry is at the forefront of the fast-growing digital market. Music and music engagement are fueling the growth of the digital economy, allowing a variety of digital online services to increase turnover, generate traffic and upscale. Music rights holders have worked hard to license their work for the hundreds of digital services that customers around the world use. Today, consumers have easy access - legally - to more music than ever before. Statistics from IFPI, the association representing the recording industry worldwide, show that in 2014, 46 percent of the world's revenue from record companies came from online digital services (accessible via the Internet or mobile networks).
The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) is a special agreement
under the Berne Convention that deals with the protection of works and the
rights of their authors in the digital environment.
The WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
(WPPT) deals with the rights of two kinds of beneficiaries, particularly in the
digital environment: (i) performers (actors,
singers, musicians, etc.); and (ii) producers
of phonograms (persons or legal entities that take the initiative and have the
responsibility for the fixation of sounds).
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