Legal Counsel, European Affairs UK Music
UK Music is a new umbrella organisation representing the collective interests of the UK’s commercial music industry, from artists, musicians, songwriters and composers, to major and independent record labels, managers, music publishers, studio producers and collecting societies.
Florian Loempel’s Responsibilities cover:
Analysis of any relevant public policy, regulatory or legislative material at national, European and international level
Developing and implementing British Music Rights’ lobbying strategy in coordination with UK Music member organisations and other right holders’ organisations (e.g. British Copyright Council, the Alliance Against IP Theft, Digital Content Forum)
UK Music’s Rights Committee: setting agendas, and drafting legal submissions
Representation of British Music Rights constituency at events/conferences relevant for UK Music members
Drafting articles for member publications, monthly reports to the Board, contributing copy for UK Music’s newsletter and responsible for regular Update
UK Music core goals are to promote awareness and understanding of:
The interests of the UK music industry at all levels
The value of music to society, culture and the economy
Intellectual property rights and how they protect and promote creativitiy
The opportunities and challenges for music creators in the digital age
Policy and Government Relations
UK Music engage in policy development on issues of relevance to our membership at UK, EU and international levels, particularly where measures are proposed that would have an impact on UK Music members. UK Music aim to ensure that their voice is heard and that policymakers continue to recognise the important cultural, social and economic contribution that the UK music industry makes the UK and the world.
Creative Music Education
The creative industries play an increasingly vital role to the future success of the UK. Encouraging young people to be aware of the value of creativity and develop a respect for creators’ rights is an important part of this new landscape. Equally important is equipping them with the right mix of business and enterprise skills to ensure a vibrant and healthy music sector in the UK in the future. We are at the heart of discussions on creative education and skills development, and are involved in a number of education and awareness initiatives.
Policy within the EU
Since most of the copyright legislation is harmonised at European level, e.g. through the Copyright Directive, it is particularly important that the interests of the UK Music industry are represented in Brussels
In Europe we work with several Departments of the Commission, in particular DG Internal Market, DG Education and Culture, and DG Information Society; we also regularly liaise with Members of the European Parliament to promote the UK music industry’s view.
