Related rights: legal advice for performers, producers and broadcasting organisations
Related rights, also known as neighbouring rights to copyright, protect the professionals and entities involved in the creation, production and dissemination of cultural and audiovisual content. Artists, performers, producers of phonograms or audiovisual works, and broadcasting organisations hold specific rights over their performances, recordings and transmissions. At Abril Abogados, we provide specialised legal advice on related rights, aimed at ensuring the proper protection and exploitation of these rights within the cultural and entertainment sectors.
We offer legal assistance to artists, musicians, actors, producers, record labels, audiovisual production companies and media organisations, supporting them in the management and enforcement of their rights within the framework of intellectual property and related rights. We analyse each project to ensure that the legal relationships between all parties involved are clearly defined, balanced and compliant with applicable regulations.
Our services include the negotiation, drafting and review of contracts governing professional relationships in the cultural and entertainment industries. We prepare agreements relating to the performance and execution of works, audiovisual or phonographic production, the assignment or licensing of related rights, and the exploitation of recordings and broadcasts. These contracts define key aspects such as ownership of rights, terms of exploitation, remuneration of artists, and the territorial and temporal scope of the agreements.
We also provide advice on the management and enforcement of the rights of performers and executing artists, as well as producers and broadcasting entities, particularly in matters involving the digital exploitation of content, streaming platforms, retransmissions and the use of recordings across different formats.
