Fall is an active time on the record release front. GramexPress rounded up some of the albums that have been or will be released this month, with sounds ranging from pop to metal and rock to rap.

On 15 October, Gramex paid out 7.3 million euros in the autumn distribution, compensating 9 215music performers and producers represented by Gramex in Finland. For the first time, more accurate international DDEX reporting was also piloted for some of the rights owners.

Gramex’s director Tuomas Talonpoika examines the importance of metadata in his “Music and the Metadata” -series.

The music festival season is over, but the film season is just beginning. You can escape the rainy and chilly autumn evenings at the Joensuu music film festival Rokumentti.

Grand Theft Auto is the most financially valuable game series in the world, yet it only wants to pay music creators pocket money.

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AEPO-ARTIS, representing European music and audiovisual performers, has appealed to the Finnish government to reverse the cut in private copying. According to the petition, the cut is not in line with EU legal obligations.

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.