![]() ![]() No defense of the claim has yet been filed. Following LIVENow refusing to provide PRS with the revenue information required to calculate royalties, and an extensive period of negotiation, the lawsuit, according to PRS, is the culmination of the authors’ society’s endeavors to obtain royalty payments. PRS obtains from its members the rights to collect royalties within the UK and charges differing rates for live and livestreamed concerts. LIVENow is best known for live broadcasting Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054 concert in November 2020, which was filmed in London’s Printworks venue and won the Guinness world record for highest ticket sales for a paid livestream by a female artist. PRS filed legal proceedings at the beginning of December at the UK High Court against LIVENow, a livestreaming platform, for broadcasting live concerts online without first obtaining a license for the inclusion of songs written and/or published by the authors’ society’s members. PRS sues LIVENow for unlicensed livestreaming Howard Ricklow, a partner at law firm Collyer Bristow and specializing in intellectual property matters, has kindly provided Music & Copyright with his thoughts on the dispute, what the current system is for licensing content from an artist for livestreamed concerts, and what the future is likely to be for hybrid content like livestreamed concerts. The livestreaming platform LIVENow has fallen foul of licensing requirements and has been taken to task over the problem by the UK authors’ society PRS For Music. However, in common with any form of streaming, the correct licenses are required if rights-holder content is involved. ![]() Some of the biggest audio streaming services are seeing the value of adding video performances to their offerings and are leaning on live concerts both as a marketing tool and as a new revenue stream. Livestreaming came into its own during the COVID-19 lockdowns, and the segment has become a multibillion-dollar business able to boast large audiences. ![]()
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