French concert promoters have called upon the country’s highest authority to deliver a series of measures that they believe would benefit the whole business. In an open letter to the French president, promoters‘ association Prodiss, which represents some €450million of revenues, asked Nicolas Sarkozy for an urgent implementation of measures to support the live music sector.
The outburst was prompted by the publication, in early January, of a Sarkozy-commissioned report aimed at supporting creative economies in a digital environment, which Prodiss dismissed as “complete emptiness”, claiming that it ignored promoters entirely. The association is lobbying for a tax credit for promoters; the creation of a ‘neighbouring right’ for promoters to share in revenue from the filming and broadcast of concerts; international mobility for artists; and the clarification of artists’ social and fiscal statute.
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