Don't Kill The Culture campaign, launched on Tuesday 11 June, calls on policymakers to preserve fair stage of private copying compensation. According to creative sector organisations, the Finnish government's planned cut from 11 million to 5.5 million would be unjustified and devastating to the cultural offer across Finland. Gramex calls on all music performers, producers and music lovers to join the campaign.

If current trends continue, the Finnish music sector will achieve gender equality in 2150. That's not enough, Master of Arts Tomi Rantanen decided, and in his thesis he put forward a proposal for a gender transition in the popular music sector.

The international DDEX standardisation serves as a unifying force for the digital music industry. Gramex has been actively involved in the development of common standards.

Gramex compensation is an integral part of the business of record company PME. For PME, copyright means not only revenue, but also recognition from music performers and producers. They encourage artists to take an interest in royalties and join Gramex.

Gramex has put together a starter pack of this summer's releases, with something for every genre of music lover.

Founded exactly 25 years ago, Napster broke copyright laws but forced a stagnant music industry to re-evaluate its approach.

According to the latest annual review, 2023 was a significant year of development projects for Gramex. Thanks to its technological development, Gramex was able to pay out remuneration collected for music use quarterly for the first time in its history. The total amount of remuneration collected was EUR 26.05 million.

The world's best singers will once again compete against each other in the Mirjam Helin International Song Contest in Helsinki.

The decline of music in print media continues, but the audiovisual sector is still willing to invest in traditional formats.

Artists, professional orchestras and music industry organisations are calling for tougher climate action from policymakers and themselves.