What a festival tour in Italy needs: date contracts, crew agreements, the INPS certificate and music rights. A case study from Caparezza's 2026 tour.
Category: Music
Music law in Italy. Claudia Roggero and Donato Di Pelino advise artists, labels, publishers and managers on recording and publishing agreements, master ownership, sync licensing for film and TV, collective management with SIAE and Soundreef, plagiarism disputes and the use of AI in music.
Italian music recording and publishing contracts: recording deal, 360 deal, publishing agreement, distribution, master vs publishing, key clauses for artists and labels.
The Cardi B tattoo case explained: US right of publicity vs Italian image rights, tattoo copyright and the 2026 AI Act rules on AI-generated album covers.
Label, production, management, featured and session deals under Italian law: key clauses, rights you cannot waive and AI provisions for artists and labels.
Recording, publishing, 360 and distribution deals under Italian law: what foreign artists and labels must change, from moral rights to AI clauses.
Work for hire, moral rights, covers, AI voices: the music terms that work differently in Italy, and what they change in your deals.
Music synchronization contract for original film scores in Italy and Europe: composer agreements, rights, royalties, AI clauses. 2026 contract guide.
Music cover license in Italy and Europe: mechanical rights, SIAE, Soundreef, streaming covers, mash-ups, AI cover voices. 2026 contract guide.
The Happy Birthday Copyright Case: Lessons in Chain of Title and Public Domain Music “Happy Birthday to You” is one of the most recognisable melodies in the world — and for nearly a century, also …