SUISA Board of Directors
Board meetings in the first half of 2024
The SUISA Board and its standing committees dealt with a wide range of topics in the first half of the …
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Board meetings
SUISA is ready for 2024
Just before Christmas, on 18 and 19 December 2023, the members of the Board of Directors met for the last …
SUISA Board of Directors
The board meetings of June 2023
On 22 June 2023, the day before the SUISA AGM and its 100th anniversary celebration, the board members met in …
SUISA Board of Directors
News from the last board meeting
On 19 and 20 December 2022, the Board members gathered for their final meeting of 2022. There, the way was …
Report from the Board of Directors
News from the last two Board meetings
The Board of Directors and its pre-consulting Committee for Tariffs and Distribution and Organisation and Communication met on 16 June, …
Distribution Rules
New definition of publisher in the Distribution Rules – what does this mean?
Until recently, the Distribution Rules defined publishers as ‘natural or legal persons who have acquired publishing rights for a work, …
Distribution and Works Committee
Distribution and Works Committee: Get involved and shape the distribution
Next year, there will be elections for the Distribution and Works Committee. Only 17 of the 22 current members are …
Annual Report
From the 2021 Annual Report: From law-making to implementation
The «Regulations» division is responsible for SUISA’s legal affairs. This starts with its involvement in political law-making activities, runs through …
Online revenues
Residuals from online collections – what’s that and how can I participate in them?
In mid-December, we pay our members the fourth settlement of their online revenues this year. But this time, we’ll put …
SUISA Board meeting, autumn 2021
The Board of Directors and the Committee for Tariffs and Distribution and the one for Organisation and Communication gathered on …
SUISA Board of Directors holds a physical meeting for the first time in 15 months
On the day before the General Meeting, the SUISA Board and its committees usually hold a physical meeting at the …
How private copying produces revenue – distribution of blank media levies
Nowadays, the lion’s share of private copying is done from the internet rather than from CDs as in the heyday …
Outlooks and insights
In its meetings on 10 and 11 December 2019, the Board focussed on the budget for 2020 and SUISA’s strategy …
Wanted: New member for the Distribution and Works Committee
How are collections distributed to authors and publishers? Who receives how much and from which usages of their works? Such …
Changes in distribution for Common Tariff K and Z revenues
The CHF 20 limit for the distribution of revenues under Common Tariffs K (concerts) and Z (circuses) has been eliminated. …
Summer meeting of the SUISA Board
As in previous years, the summer meeting of the SUISA Board took place on the day before the General Assembly, …
Arranging works protected by copyright
Musical works in the public domain can be arranged at will. But works which are still protected by copyright, i.e. …
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 …
Arrangement of works in the public domain
Before you start arranging musical works that are not protected by copyright, it is worth being aware of the legal …
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 …
Wanted: New member for the Distribution and Works Committee
Due to a mid-term resignation, a seat on SUISA’s Distribution and Works Committee needs to be filled. We are looking …