Carbon offsetting has been seen as a solution for many companies, including festivals, to compensate for their carbon emissions and reach carbon neutrality. This article aims to investigate this trend and provide the keys to a good and virtuous use of carbon offsetting, and more particularly carbon sequestration through...
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WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION ON SAFE LISTENING GUIDELINES
2018 The WHO releases the Environmental Noise Guidelines for the European region “The main purpose of these guidelines is to provide recommendations for protecting human health from exposure to environmental noise originating from various sources: transportation (road traffic, railway and aircraft) noise, wind turbine noise and leisure noise. Leisure...
SOUND REGULATIONS IN EUROPE
In February 2019, Live DMA organized a Working Group on the topic of sound regulations in Europe. The aim of this Working Group was to achieve an inventory of the various sound regulations ruling the European live music scenes and exchange on the various difficulties these regulations bring to the...
REPORT: POST COVID-19 CHALLENGES IN THE LIVE MUSIC SCENES ACROSS EUROPE
2022 marked the return of live music after a harsh period of silence, bringing back already existing challenges but also new ones. The European live music sector continues its hard work to encourage the audience to come back and enjoy a concert, festival or a club night together in a...
AUTHOR RIGHTS SOCIETIES IN EUROPE
THE LINK BETWEEN ARTISTS AND VENUES Authors Rights Societies or Copyrights Societies, are the link between creators (e.g. artists) and the services and platforms (e.g. venues, clubs and festivals) who spread their work. Creators and other rightsholders of artistic works entrust Author Rights Societies to grant licences on their...