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Arabic-speaking repertoire. We represent Lebanese, Egyptian, Moroccan, Algerian songwriters and
we're happy that their songs now can be remunerated when played in the region.”

Generating revenue for the local market
Lawrence Oxenberry, Director of International at PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited), a UK-
based music licencing company, also elaborated on the importance of collective rights
management in supporting local music industries.

“So, collective management globally, the rights that we manage are about 10 per cent of the music
industry. To be able to have that revenue available for investment in the local market…the
development of more artists is going to be incredibly powerful for the growth of music within the
region.”

He too reiterated the critical challenge currently faced by artists in many regions: the lack of
compensation when their music is played publicly or broadcast.

“So, the challenge for artists at the moment is that they're not being paid at all if their music is
played in public or broadcast. At the moment, there's no ongoing payment when, for example, an
artist’s music is played on the radio. The whole point of EMR is that when an artist’s music is played
on the radio, they will get paid. That's exactly what happens in the UK or in France, or in Canada.
That's happening at the moment. You want to make sure that system exists here as well so the
artists can get paid, and the labels and the publishers and the writers — so all of the industry
receives from the use of their music.”
Fixed tariff

Oxenberry then explained how the revenue collection and distribution process is expected to work
through an agreed framework with authorities.

“There's an agreed tariff with the Ministry that will set the amount that, for example, a mall will pay,
or a radio station will pay. Then they will be receiving that money and distributing it to the various
rights holders within music. There are effectively four different rights holders within music: the
composer, the publisher, the label, and then the musicians. So, it then gets distributed between
those parties.”

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