Overcoming the pandemic
Hope and commitment
2022 gives rise to hope with regard to overcoming the pandemic and, above all, improving the working situation for our …
#Licence income
SUISA continues to be a reliable partner, even in difficult times
Dear members, we have been stuck with the corona crisis for 15 months and have been trying, as best as …
Social insurances
Are royalties subject to social security (AHV/AVS) contributions?
Do royalties qualify as earnings from self-employment? Swiss AHV/AVS compensation offices follow different practices.
Negotiating in the age of corona … and with corona
Negotiating is one of SUISA’s key functions. SUISA negotiates tariffs and contracts inter alia. It must safeguard the interests of …
Report of the task force of the SUISA Board of Directors - end of June 2020
In April 2020, SUISA’s Board of Directors set up a working group to respond as quickly as possible to the …
Penny-pinching in digital music distribution
Business in the online sector has been subject to constant change - not only for copyright societies. In the second …
Brave new world
There is hardly any other technical development that has turned the music business upside down as much as the success …
How SUISA distributes fees collected for background entertainment
More than 100,000 companies in Switzerland use music, TV and films for background entertainment purposes. For these usages, the companies …
Changes in the distribution of revenues from radio uses
The classifications for radio broadcasting stations have been changed. Starting with the 2019 settlements, a uniform factor of 0.25 will …
Positive figures for the 2018 financial year to date
The Board meeting held the day before the General Assembly in June 2018 had a multi-layered agenda to handle. In …
Why SUISA members should also consider joining SWISSPERFORM
Composers and lyricists who are SUISA members and are also active as artists and/or producers and whose performances are broadcast …
SUISA remuneration is subject to AHV (pension) contributions
Copyright royalties paid out by SUISA are deemed as earned income from independent activities and therefore have to be taken …