Record royalties: CISAC wants creators to retain control
Royalties collected on behalf of authors rose by 11.3 per cent in 2025, according to the Global Collections Report published on 4 November by CISAC. This increase should be viewed with caution: the inclusion, for the first time, of revenue from The Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), which collects digital mechanical royalties in the United States, accounts for around 52 per cent of the rise. Excluding this… figure, the increase stands at 5.3 per cent, compared with 6.4 per cent in 2024 and 7.8 per cent in 2023, signalling a slowdown. As always, music dominates, with €14.06 billion, ahead of audiovisual content (€760 million). Live performances ahead of TV Digital remains the driving force: €6.57 billion, or 42.4 per cent of total revenue, compared with 11.7 per cent in 2016. Its…