Traduction de «artiste de studio d'enregistrement » (Français → Anglais) :

Co-performances are the norm, i.e. performances by a band, an orchestra or a featured artists accompanied by session musicians.

Performers, and especially session musicians, are among the poorest earners in Europe, despite their considerable contribution to Europe's vibrant cultural diversity.

Session musicians, i.e., musicians that are hired on an ad hoc basis to play for a recording 'session', cannot negotiate at all, they have to transfer their copyrights 'in perpetuity' against a one off payment.

Parliament’s compromise text has four main planks, all of which we wholeheartedly support: firstly, an extension of the term of copyright protection for performers and record producers from 50 to 70 years; secondly, a new claim for session players amounting to 20% of record labels’ off-line and online sales revenue; thirdly a ‘use it or lose it’ provision that allows performers to recover the rights after 50 years, should the producer fail to market the sound recording; and, fourthly, a so-called ‘clean slate’, which prevents record producers from making deductions from the royalties they pay to feature performers.

Yes, the high-profile performers came and lent their support to the cause, because the ordinary performers thought that it would be better to have some of the big names in this particular area as well, but the ordinary performers – the session musicians, who most people have never heard of – were the biggest lobbyists here.

I would like to single out some key amendments: Amendment 58, which is a permanent ‘use it or lose it’ clause; Amendments 59 to 61 on a permanent claim for session players, under which labels have to set aside 20% of all sales revenue; Amendment 62 on a clean slate for featured artists; Amendment 71 on the possibility for featured artists to renegotiate better contracts; and, finally, Amendment 75 on an assessment of the impact on audiovisual performers.