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Commissioning work – classical and screen

It’s been a rewarding week on two very different fronts of my work in music rights and licensing. At The Ivors Academy, the new More

MFN Clauses: Helpful Fairness Tool or Hidden Competition Risk?

I see MFN (“Most Favoured Nation”) clauses all the time in my day-to-day work in IP rights licensing, and specifically in licensing music for More

It’s #IvorsWeek – One year on from my time as interim CEO of the Ivors Academy

Published for Ivors Week 2025 This week, the spotlight is rightly on the songwriters and composers who make everything else in music possible. With More

Speaking at a conference?

It’s music industry conference season again, with Music Biz and The Great Escape taking place this week, and Brighton Music Conference following close behind. More

Double Six Neighbouring Rights Masterclass – April 2025

On 2nd April I had the pleasure of delivering a tailored training session to the team at Double Six Rights, Domino’s neighbouring rights services division. More

Strengthening Lithuania’s Music Economy: Engaging Government and Industry Leaders

Last week, I had the opportunity to visit Vilnius Muzikos Salė, Lithuania’s premier music industry event, where I participated in a series of discussions focused More

Lecturing at Warwick – revisiting Intellectual Property as Social Policy

Image above: Warwick University Faculty of Arts I’ve been a visiting lecturer at Warwick University since 2017, teaching on the Master degree course in More

The PTR Process – how we optimise rights and revenues internationally.

PTR specialises in empowering music rights holders with clarity, efficiency, and maximised revenues from their rights, wherever they may be based and wherever their More

DDEX RDR in Eastbourne

I have just returned from the DDEX plenary session in a very windswept and rainy Eastbourne this week, with a particular focus on the More

UK Government to extend rights to foreign performers for recordings used in the UK

Following a consultation from January to March 2024, the UK government today announced its decision to implement a mechanism to extend public performance rights More